1. A butterfly proboscis
2.Barnacle appendages that sweep plankton and other food into the barnacle’s shell for consumption. Confocal microscopy, 100x. (Igor Siwanowicz)
3. Phyllobius roboretanus weevils. Stereo microscopy. (Csaba Pintér, Keszthely, Hungary)
4.Butter daisy (Melampodium divaricatum) flower at 2x magnification. Fluorescence.
5.Rat brain cerebral cortex depicting cell nuclei (cyan)
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6. Bee's eye
7. Looks like a camera.!?? No.! It is the Eyes of a jumping spider
8. Glycerin-based soapy solution
9. Ammonite shell
10. Zooplankton carefully arranged by hand in Victorian style
11.Tiger beetle and a scale of the forester moth
12. Human HeLa cell undergoing cell division
13.Copper crystals
14.Human brain cells differentiated from embryonic stem cells
15.Fungus growing on cow dung
16.Scales of a butterfly wing
17. Tintinnid ciliate of a marine plankton from the Indian Ocean
18.Head of an orange ladybird
19.Ant pupae
20.Fossil diatom composed of 20 individual photos
21.Flow currents generated by an eight-week-old starfish larva
22.Butterfly scales
23.Algae
24.Air bubbles in evaporating tequila
25.Rubber coated with a thin glass
26.Beta-alanine and taurine crystals
27.Cultured fat cells from a grizzly bear
28.Mouse retinal ganglion cells
29.Mouse retina, laid flat
30.A daisy's central disc pattern of tiny unopened flowers
31.Espresso coffee crystals
32.Spore capsule of a moss
33.Brain matter of a transgenic mouse in 3D
35.Section of the cerebellum in a brain
36.Crystals of salicin, a painkiller, extracted from Willow tree bark
37.Seeds of an Indian Paintbrush wildflower
38. Curvepod fumewort seed
39.Caudal gill of a dragonfly larva
40.Air bubbles formed from melted ascorbic acid crystals
41.Midge flies
42.Goatsbeard flower seeds
43.Poison fangs of a centipede
44.Crystals of diclofenac (also called Zorvolex), a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
45.Jurinea mollis seed
46.Jellyfish
47. Nature's geometry. Dahlia flower section
48. Snail shell
49. Sea shell
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