#microphotography

[dame-de-pique]

Leo Wehrli - Snow Crystals, 1918

[theoldbone]

Andradite, garnet group, Livorno, Italy, photo by Bonifazi Marco

[sitting-on-me-bum]

"Beach sand."

Zhang Chao

National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China

Nikon Small World Photomicrography Contest

[unfriendlypedestrian]

Here are a couple examples of a curated collection of microphotography of minerals. Full list here - https://www.mindat.org/g/103

Most of these images have a field of view of less than 1cm, many only 1-2mm.

From top left to bottom right:

Strengite, Spessartine, Linerite, Autunite (under UV light)

[neat-deadandlive-things]

Today's joy is brought to you by things found in 0.01mL of water.

[sophlubble09]

My little Scytodes thoracica, Jeffrey

[coffeenuts]

[robinboardman]

Longitudinal section through a white asparagus shoot tip (fluorescence, 10x objective lens magnification) Photograph: Dr. Olivier Leroux