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Last post Author Topic: The Evil Side of Nature  (Read 16723 times)

Deozaan

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Re: The Evil Side of Nature
« Reply #25 on: April 14, 2011, 04:30 AM »
Yeah I seem to recall those are colorized or color enhanced electron microscope images. Very cool though. Ah yes, here we go:
http://www.telegraph...cts-and-spiders.html
Lots more weirdos there!

And a bonus from the Boston Globe photo blog: http://www.boston.co...the_micro_world.html

- Oshyan

Whoa! Ewww! Intriguing! Nasty! Amazing! Gross! Disgusting! Neato! Yeck! Interesting!

etc.

Thanks for finding the source! :Thmbsup:

EDIT:

Wow, that is so amazing to me! You've got a compound eye made up of thousands of hexagonal eyes as seen here:

m13_noctuidae.jpgThe Evil Side of Nature

And even though each of those hexagonal eyes look like a single solid object, they're each made up of thousands of even smaller cells.

m19_compeye.jpgThe Evil Side of Nature

(These are from the Boston Globe article.)
« Last Edit: April 14, 2011, 04:53 AM by Deozaan »

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Re: The Evil Side of Nature
« Reply #26 on: April 14, 2011, 06:29 AM »
Cool!

Memories of "Power of Ten" :)

Related thread, online version, and trivia at Wikipedia.
« Last Edit: April 14, 2011, 06:39 AM by ewemoa »

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Re: The Evil Side of Nature
« Reply #27 on: April 20, 2011, 08:06 PM »
But nature isn't all evil~! :D



That's impossible not to love~!  :-*
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Re: The Evil Side of Nature
« Reply #28 on: April 21, 2011, 03:39 AM »
But nature isn't all evil~! :D
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That's impossible not to love~!  :-*

agreed !
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Re: The Evil Side of Nature
« Reply #29 on: April 22, 2011, 02:38 AM »

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Re: The Evil Side of Nature
« Reply #30 on: April 22, 2011, 01:42 PM »
But nature isn't all evil~! :D



That's impossible not to love~!  :-*

I feel dirty after having peeped on that animal taking a shower.  :huh: :P