Psoriasis of the tongue - How can something so bad look so pretty?
A magnified view of the anther of a lily. The light-blue spherical cells are individual pollen grains.
Image by Ron Oldfield, Macquarie University.
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Dendraster excentricus (The Western Sand Dollar): A study in admiration of natural form by Matt Niebuhr.
Who among us can deny that sand dollars have a kind of magical mystical double life? Perhaps through transference, these creatures (albeit in death) carry with them, a form of hope, a sheer sense of wonder and luck upon finding one washed up on shore, whole and complete. I simply can not deny how excited I felt when I found this sand dollar on the Oregon coast. But I still wonder - why? This series of photographs seeks to depict in detail a simple admiration of natural form of this Western Sand Dollar.
Fractals, Parasites and 3-D Reconstructions: 18 Startling Science Images is a Scientific American gallery of winners of the Czech “Science Is Beautiful” contest. Check it out to see more startlingly beautiful images like these.
What popular drinks look like under the microscope – gorgeous project by William Legoullon.
Click on the images to see the identity of the drinks.
A fluorescence view of the mouse epididymis, a part of the testicle where sperm is stored.
Image by Patrick Taulman.
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Spiders, weevils, wasps, lice, mites and mosquitoes are among the creepiest subjects of the winners of Nikon’s Small World microscope photography competition this year. Super-close-ups of eyes, tongues and silk spinnerets are amazingly beautiful, but also gross enough to induce shivers.
