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Post by The Rocketmen on May 19, 2015 9:11:43 GMT -5
 Tintinnid ciliate of the marine plankton, Petalotricha ampulla. This preserved specimen (Lugol’s fixed) was caught with its cilia fully extended. It is about 100 microns long.  Juvenile live bay scallop Argopecten irradians. Through research, scientists are trying to help restore scallop populations in Rhode Island.  ross-section of bulrush (Juncus sp.) leaf, autofluorescing red (chlorophyll on external side of leaf) and blue (vascular bundles).  Young sporangia of slime mold Arcyria stipata.  Sporangium of the slime mold Craterium minutum.  Eye of a damselfly. The image reveals the regular, crystal-like hexagonal lattice of the eye’s elements.  Detail of a pod of flowering legume Scorpius muricatus.  Cat tooth in cross section, showing the membrane surrounding the outside of the tooth. |
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Post by The Mighty Ducks on May 19, 2015 9:16:37 GMT -5
Some of these are really cool and others look amazing. I googled it and found stuff on bugs and I'm both fascinated and disturbed. I have to keep reminding myself that these creatures are not the size of the screen:  Caterpillar at 30x magnification
 This is actually a micro-crack in steel.
 This is a spider's head.
 This is a parasite on top of a mosquito larva. |
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Post by The Mighty Ducks on May 19, 2015 9:18:34 GMT -5
 This is called a hydrothermal worm, but it looks fucking bizarre.
 This is a dehydrated breast cancer cell.
 This is a water mite.
 This is a close up of a sugar grain. |
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Post by The Sandmen on May 19, 2015 15:34:05 GMT -5
It's like microscopic images of bugs both icky me out, but also make me less weirded out by the bug and more interested in the thing. Neat images. Kinda feelin' National Geographicky all up in here!
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Post by The Mighty Ducks on May 20, 2015 6:35:17 GMT -5
I'll try and find some more.
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Post by The Mighty Ducks on May 20, 2015 6:38:53 GMT -5
Your tongue under a microscope:  Another part of your tongue: 
A maggot: 
A waterflea:  |
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Post by The Mighty Ducks on May 20, 2015 6:40:48 GMT -5
A bullet-ant: 
A regular flea: 
Chicken embryo: 
Watersnype Fly larva:  |
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Post by The Mighty Ducks on May 20, 2015 6:42:32 GMT -5
A butterfly close-up: 
The human eye: 
A hummingbird tongue: 
The Bearded Weevil:  |
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Post by The Mighty Ducks on May 20, 2015 6:45:04 GMT -5
Eyelashes and the creatures that live inside their roots:  
This is pubic lice: 
A tardigrade:  |
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Post by The Mighty Ducks on May 20, 2015 6:46:52 GMT -5
Aphids: 
The suctions on a squid's tentacles: 
Close-up of your teeth:  |
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Post by The Sandmen on May 20, 2015 7:55:54 GMT -5
I feel like given how many pictures you are posting I should have more to say, since a single post or few words don't really do justice to how weird and strange and just...everything that comes about from seeing these things. But I just don't have much to say. They are cool, and I am digging this daily dose of mind-blowing images, and felt you should know that, and also that they are more interesting then my "This is really cool" comment might lead one to believe.  |
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Post by The Mighty Ducks on May 20, 2015 10:53:35 GMT -5
A few of them disturb me because I'm like "fuck these things exist? And some live on me? Jesus" but then others are just so fascinatingly beautiful that they blow my mind sauce.
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Post by The Rocketmen on May 20, 2015 11:41:30 GMT -5
I found a mindblowing GIF... World's largest wave ever recorded as being surfed on: 90 Feet High. |
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Post by The Sandmen on May 20, 2015 16:04:52 GMT -5
He probably died.
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Post by The Mighty Ducks on May 21, 2015 5:52:21 GMT -5
I think when the wave crashes at the end, death was definitely imminent.
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Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!