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Alex Hyde / Focus stacked, inverted image of Diatoms on a microscope slide. Diatoms are single-celled algae which produce approximately 25% of the oxygen we breathe as well as being responsible for approximately...
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Alex Hyde / False-coloured scanning electron micrograph of a cleaved sample of a crustose lichen growing on grey limestone, the orange are fungal threads and the green shows algal cells. The fungal threads anchor...
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Alex Hyde / False-coloured scanning electron micrograph produced at the University of Derby of stomata on the underside of an Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) leaf, 0.16 millimetres across in real life, Peak District Nat...
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Alex Hyde / Male Orange-tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) wing scales detail, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April. Focus stacked image. 1.13mm across in real life, x88 magnification when print...
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Alex Hyde / False-coloured scanning electron micrograph of a Thrip's (Thysanoptera) head, the bulging compound eyes can be seen on either side of the head, with sensory hairs sprouting between the individual unit...
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Alex Hyde / False-coloured SEM (Scanning Electron Micrograph) of a Tardigrade (Tardigrada) amongst moss, from Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. This tardigrade is approximately 0.1 millimetres long. Di...
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Alex Hyde / Soil bacteria cultured on nutrient agar from a soil sample collected in Via Gellia Woods, Derbyshire. Image size in real life 10mm across. UK. March. 10mm across, x10 magnification when printed 10cm w...
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Alex Hyde / Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) pollen grain, false-coloured Scanning Electron Micrograph. Pollen grain 0.025mm across, image x4000 magnification when printed at 10cm wide.
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Alex Hyde / Pollen grains on the style of a Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia), Hoe Grange Nature Reserve, Derbyshire, UK. August. 0.14mm across, x715 magnification when printed at 10cm wide.
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Kim Taylor / Two Freshwater copepods (Cyclops sp) swimming through pond debris, Surrey, UK, May.
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Tony Wu / Harlequin mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus), close up of compound eyes. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Alex Mustard / RF - High magnification photo of Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemaria maria) in boulder brain coral (Colpophyllia natans). East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea. (Th...
