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Specialist Imaging Collection: Harlequin ladybird, SEM

Harlequin ladybird, SEM
Harlequin ladybird. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis), showing its wings (grey)

Specialist Imaging Collection: Thistle stem hairs, light micrograph

Thistle stem hairs, light micrograph
Thistle stem hairs. Light micrograph of a section through a flower stem of a spiny sow thistle (Sonchus asper) showing two hairs. Magnification: x45 when printed at 10 centimetres wide

Specialist Imaging Collection: Trichodina parasite, light micrograph

Trichodina parasite, light micrograph
Trichodina parasite. Differential interference contrast micrograph of Trichodina pediculus. This ciliate parasite lives on the skin, gills and mucous membranes of many aquatic animals

Specialist Imaging Collection: Sprinter, anatomical artwork

Sprinter, anatomical artwork
Sprinter. Anatomical artwork of a human sprinter, with the heart and leg muscles highlighted. The maximum heart rate can vary between 160 and 220 beats per minute, but decreases with age

Stress, conceptual image

Specialist Imaging Collection: Cooling towers, thermogram

Cooling towers, thermogram
Cooling towers. Thermogram of water vapour rising out of cooling towers at a power station. Thermography records surface temperatures by detecting the long-wavelength radiation emitted by an object

Specialist Imaging Collection: Budgerigar, SEM

Budgerigar, SEM
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) head, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The blue cere (fleshy area at the top of the beak) is typical of male budgies

Specialist Imaging Collection: Snake head, SEM

Snake head, SEM
Snake (suborder Serpentes) head, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The snakes forked tongue (right) is used to detect prey by picking up scent particles from the air

Specialist Imaging Collection: Flame lily pollen, SEM

Flame lily pollen, SEM
Flame lily (Gloriosa sp.) pollen grains, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The grains have a highly sculptured outer wall (exine)

Specialist Imaging Collection: Daddy long legs spider, SEM

Daddy long legs spider, SEM
Daddy long legs spider. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a daddy long legs, showing its characteristic long legs

Specialist Imaging Collection: Interference pattern

Interference pattern. Light micrograph of interference patterns on a soap film. The different colours are due to interference of reflected light waves

Specialist Imaging Collection: Calcium phosphate crystal, SEM

Calcium phosphate crystal, SEM
Calcium phosphate crystal, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Crystalline materials have their atoms placed in regular lattices that can form geometric shapes like this

Specialist Imaging Collection: Sensitive joint-vetch leaflets

Sensitive joint-vetch leaflets. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the tip of a cluster of leaflets from the sensitive joint-vetch plant (Aeschynomene sensitiva)

Specialist Imaging Collection: Germinating red chard seed, SEM

Germinating red chard seed, SEM
Germinating red chard seed. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a red chard seed (Beta vulgaris var. cicla) sprouting a root (white)

Specialist Imaging Collection: Water drop impact

Water drop impact. High-speed photograph of a water drop impacting on a pool of water, showing secondary drop formation. After the water drop impacts to form a crater

Specialist Imaging Collection: Compact bone, light micrograph

Compact bone, light micrograph
Compact bone. Polarised light micrograph of a transverse section through compact bone tissue, showing Haversian canals (circular regions)

Specialist Imaging Collection: Copper sulphate crystals, LM

Copper sulphate crystals, LM
Copper sulphate crystals. Polarised light micrograph (LM) of copper sulphate (CuSO4) crystals

Specialist Imaging Collection: Nerve cell trauma response

Nerve cell trauma response. Fluorescent light micrograph of a section through a spinal cord affected by multiple sclerosis (MS)

Specialist Imaging Collection: Lead ion collisions

Lead ion collisions. Particle tracks from the first lead ion collisions seen by the ALICE (a large ion collider experiment) detector at CERN (the European particle physics laboratory) near Geneva

Specialist Imaging Collection: Nanorobots, artwork

Nanorobots, artwork
Nanorobots, computer artwork. Nanotechnology is an area of science concerned with producing mechanical entities on the scale of nanometres (billionths of a metre)

Specialist Imaging Collection: Fly on sugar, SEM

Fly on sugar, SEM
Fly on sugar, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Flies (order Diptera) are insects that can spread disease when they feed on human food

Idea. Conceptual image of a bright light super- imposed on an X-ray of a human skull in profile, representing thought or an idea

Specialist Imaging Collection: Candles on a cake, Schlieren image

Candles on a cake, Schlieren image. The candle flames (white, lower centre) are heating air that is seen coiling (blue, red and yellow) as it rises

Specialist Imaging Collection: Snowflake, light micrograph

Snowflake, light micrograph. This form of snow crystal is known as a dendritic or stellar snowflake

Snowflake, light micrograph
Snowflake. This is an ice crystal that forms in air that has a temperature near the freezing point of water. If the air is calm, then a symmetrical, hexagonal snowflake can form

Specialist Imaging Collection: Oil and water, high-speed image

Oil and water, high-speed image
Oil and water. High-speed photograph of oil being poured onto water. Since oil and water are immiscible liquids (they cannot be mixed)

Specialist Imaging Collection: Salt grain and peppercorn, SEM

Salt grain and peppercorn, SEM
Salt and peppercorn. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a salt grain (blue) and a peppercorn (brown). Salt (sodium chloride) is a crystalline compound

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