False Coloured Collection (page 4)

Pharos lighthouse, Ptolemaic Egypt
Pharos lighthouse. Historical artwork showing what the Pharos lighthouse at Alexandria, Egypt, in the third century BC, might have looked like

Nose and sinuses, CT scan
Nose anatomy and sinuses. Coloured computed tomography (CT) scan of a frontal view through the nose of a 31 year old woman

Nerve synapse, TEM
Nerve synapse. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the neuron (nerve) terminal at a synapse in the diaphragm

Chest X-ray of a healhty human heart
Chest X-ray. Coloured X-ray of a healthy human heart. The heart is the dark area to the lower right of the spinal column. Chest X-rays can be used to diagnose diseases of the heart

False-colour SEM of pericyte capillary on muscle
Blood capillary in muscle: false-colour scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a blood capillary (blue) coursing through striated skeletal muscle (rust red)

Mouse malaria parasite, SEM
Mouse malaria parasite. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Plasmodium berghei protozoan (yellow) and red blood cells. P. berghei is the parasite that causes malaria in mice

Vesicular stomatitis virus, TEM
Vesicular stomatitis virus. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) particles (blue) budding from a host cell (red)

Orchid petal, SEM
Orchid (Phalaenopsis sp.) petal, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Magnification: x450 when printed at 10 centimetres wide

Stem cell, SEM
Stem cell, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Stem cells can differentiate into any other cell type. There are three main types of mammalian stem cell: embryonic stem cells

Stem cells, SEM
Stem cells, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Stem cells can differentiate into any other cell type. There are three main types of mammalian stem cell: embryonic stem cells

Normal torso, MRI scan
Normal torso, coloured profile (sagittal) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. The front of the body is at left. The spinal bones (vertebrae)

Mycobacterium chelonae bacteria, SEM
Mycobacterium chelonae bacteria, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). These Gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria are found in soil and water

Roman glass jewellery bead, SEM
Roman glass bead. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a glass bead used in jewellery in Roman times

E. coli bacterium, TEM
E. coli bacterium. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of an Escherichia coli bacterium in the early stages of binary fission, the process by which the bacterium divides

Philadelphia fleabane pollen grains, SEM
Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) pollen grains, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Pollen grains are reproductive structures produced by the male parts of flowering plants

Aubergine flower petal, SEM
Aubergine flower petal. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of an aubergine (Solanum melongena) petal

Banksia stem, SEM
Banksia stem, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The stem is covered in fine hairs

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

Gorse stigma with pollen grains, SEM
Gorse (Ulex europaeus) stigma (green) with pollen grains (yellow), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Pollen grains are reproductive structures produced by the male parts of flowering

Lily pollen grain on rosemary leaf, SEM
Lily pollen grain on rosemary leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a pollen grain (yellow) from a lily flower (Lilium sp.)

Gorse flower bud, SEM
Gorse (Ulex europaeus) flower bud, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). One of the petals (yellow) is seen enclosed in the flower casing (calyx)

Forsythia pollen grains, SEM
Forsythia pollen grains arranged in a spiral, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Pollen grains are reproductive structures produced by the male parts of flowering plants

Skin surface, SEM
Skin surface. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of squamous cells on the surface of the skin. These are flat, keratinised

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

X and Y chromosomes, computer artwork. Humans have 46 chromosomes in total: 23 inherited from the mother and 23 from the father. These sex chromosomes determine the individuals gender

Chickweed pollen grains, SEM
Chickweed pollen grains. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of pollen grains (green) from a chickweed flower (Stellaria media)

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

Mixture of flower and grass seeds, SEM
Mixture of flower and grass seeds, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This is a mixture of seeds for wild meadow plants. It includes flower and grass seeds

Hellebore pollen, SEM
Hellebore (Helleborus sp.) pollen grains, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Magnification: x2000 when printed at 10 centimetres wide

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

Salmonella bacterium dividing, SEM
Salmonella bacterium dividing. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of of a Salmonella bacterium dividing. The two new daughter cells are seen at upper right and lower left

Bacteria infecting a macrophage, SEM
Bacteria infecting a macrophage. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria (purple) infecting a macrophage white blood cell

Xylem tissue, SEM
Xylem tissue. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through xylem tissue from a dicotyledon rootlet. Xylem vessels (purple)

Root of a germinating red chard seed, SEM
Root of a germinating red chard seed. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a red chard seed (Beta vulgaris var. cicla) root

Pollen tubes of lily pollen, SEM
Pollen tubes of lily pollen, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Two pollen grains (brown) have sprouted pollen tubes (orange)

Germinating lily pollen, SEM
Germinating lily pollen. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of lily (Lilium sp.) pollen grains that have sprouted pollen tubes. Pollen contains the male sex cells of a plant

Flower, SEM
Flower. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a flower

Spider lily flower stamen, SEM
Spider lily flower stamen. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a cilia (hair-like structures) from a spider lily flower (Hymenocallis sp.) stamen

Leaf oil glands, SEM
Leaf oil glands. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a thyme plants leaf surface (Thymus vulgaris). Two types of leaf trichomes (hairs) are seen

False-colour SEM of chickweed flower
False-colour scanning electron micrograph of the reproductive structures of a flower of the chickweed, Stellaria media. The bulbous carpel, with the short-stalked female stigmas emerging from it

Grape tendril, SEM
Grape tendril. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a curled grape (Vitis sp.) tendril. Tendrils are specialised thread-like stems or leaves that are used by climbing plants for support

Daisy bud, SEM
Daisy. Coloured scanning electron micrograph of a daisy bud (family Asteraceae, formerly Compositae). The protective bracts (green) cover clusters of tiny flowers, or florets

Zinnia flower petal, SEM
Zinnia flower petal. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Zinnia sp. petal. The projections on the petal help to prevent water loss

Pollination, SEM
Pollination. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of part of a flowers pistil with pollen grains attached. The pistil is the female reproductive part of a flower

False-colour TEM of Salmonella typhi

Diatom alga, SEM
Diatom. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Biddulphia sp. diatom. This is a marine planktonic unicellular alga. It has a mineralised cell wall (frustule) divided into two halves

False-colour TEM of bacterium E. Coli
False colour transmission electron micrograph of the bacterium Escherichia coli, a normal member of human intestinal flora

Human chromosomes, SEM C013 / 5002
Human chromosomes. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of human chromosomes prepared with the harlequin staining technique

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