The world we see around us each day is only the tip of a much larger iceberg. The things we see are made of many tiny things, the shape of which we can only guess at! The microscopic world is actually the world making us. Here are some fantastic examples of this tiny, hidden world. |
A grain of instant coffee |
A spider's skin |
A bacteria that lives in our intestine |
Crystalline silica |
A finger print |
Flower pollen |
Filament of a regular light bulb |
The core of hepatitis B virus in three-dimensional reconstruction |
Zebra fish embryo |
Silver evaporating from heat and sticking to polystyren |
House dust mite |
Moss containing a bacteria living on methane |
Aphid on a leaf |
Pollen of a morning-glory flower |
Mouse kidney section |
The starch in popcorn cells |
Mosquito egg |
Another, different, Aphid on a leaf |
Negative of an e-coli germ |
Geranium plant pollination |
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