Microcosmos, by Brandon Broll: Awesome Scanning Electron Microscope Pics

  

The following photos were forwarded to me by my husband. I am not sure where they came from originally, but they are included in Brandon Broll's book, "Microcosmos: Discovering The World Through Microscopic Images From 20 X to Over 22 Million X Magnification"

An ant, Formica fusca, holding a microchip

Surface of an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory silicon microchip

Eyelash hairs growing from the surface of human skin

The surface of a strawberry

Bacteria on the surface of a human tongue

Human sperm (spermatozoa)

Nylon hooks and loops of Velcro

Household dust: includes long hairs of cat fur, twisted synthetic and woolen fibers,
serrated insect scales, a pollen grain, and plant and insect remains

The weave of nylon stocking fibers

The head of a mosquito

Head louse clinging to a human hair

Eight eyes (two groups of four) on the head of a tarantula

Cut human hairs and shaving foam between two razor blades

Cigarette paper the tobacco is rolled in

Corroded surface of a rusty nail

Mushrooms spores

Clutch of butterfly eggs on a raspberry plant

Calcium phosphate crystal

    No wonder modern forensics solves so many crimes.