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# colony # These photographs document several of the various types of mould which can be found growing on your average loaf of bread, given enough time and neglect. I am interested in the inherent contradiction of finding aesthetic beauty in something almost universally perceived as disgusting. I was also fascinated by the extraordinary structure and microscopic nature of these life forms, something that those of us not involved in the biological sciences are probably only vaguely aware of.
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2003 Small World, 17th Prize - Peter Webber Planapo Optical - Kavala, Greece Specimen: Arachnoidiscus sp diatom (microscopic algae) (800x) Technique: Jamin-Lebedeff interference contrast
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A failed "sandwich" of polymers--several molecules strung together--produced an undulating landscape of microscopic hills and valleys. Ye Jin Eun and Douglas B. Weibel; University of Wisconsin-Madison/Science
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Sinewy filaments within squirming microscopic diatoms, a type of algae, are artificially rainbow hued as a result of being photographed through polarizing light filters.
microscopic photography love. This is a dinoflagellate, a type of plankton, a single celled organism.
by FEI Company
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Surface of a leaf. Microscopic Photography
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Geranium flower. Microscopic Photography
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Michelle O'Mahoney Well that's the most beautiful thing I've even seen associated with booze!