Scanning Electron Micrograph Collection (#4)

Surface of a rusty screw

Matchstick
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing the fractured surface of a matchstick (x 400 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Selaginella kraussiana, spikemoss
Scanning electron microscope image of the female spore of Krauss spikemoss (x 150 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Hydra sp
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing the stinging tentacles and mouth of the coelenterate Hydra (x 36 on a standard 9cm wide print)

Atta cethalotes, leaf-cutter ant
Scanning electron microscope image of a leaf-cutter ant displayed in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Conodont fossils
Scanning electron microscope image of fossils from the Devonian period of northern Estonia, about 465 Ma old ( x 4.2). These creatures are still a mystery to paleontologists

Small fly, species unknown
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) of a fly head. Image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Pelargonium sp. geranium
Scanning Electron Microscope image of a pelaronium leaf

Woodlouse antenna
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) image of woodlouse antenna

Oats
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of oats, artificially coloured by computer

Spinacia oleracea, spinach
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of spianch (Spinacia oleracea), artificially coloured by computer

Solanum sp. tomato
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a tomato (Solanum sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Table salt
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of table salt, artificially coloured by computer

Table salt
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of table salt, artificially coloured by computer

Oats
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of oats, artificially coloured by computer

Amphitetras, diatom
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing the diatom Amphitetras with its ornate silica shell (x5000 on a standard 9 cm wide print). Coloured artificially by computer

Vitis sp. red grape
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a red grape (Vitis sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Vitis sp. grape seed
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a grape seed (Vitis sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Solanum sp. tomato seed
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a tomato seed (Solanum sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Leptoglossis ferreyraei
A pollen grain of Leptoglossis ferreyraei (polar view) from the family Solanaceae, the tomato family

Leptoglossis lomana
A pollen grain of the Leptoglossis lomana (polar view) from the family Solanacea, the tomato family

Ciliate plankton
Scanning electron microscope image of a ciliate showing clearly the microscopic hairs or cilia that they use for movement and feeding (x 700)

Gold in unspecified mineral
Scanning electron microscope image of an elemental map showing the distribution of gold (Au) in mineral samples

Pyrochlore
Scanning electron microscope images of elemental maps showing thorium, uranium, tantalum and silicon in the mineral pyrochlore from Sokli, Finland

Goyazite
Scanning electron microscope image of the energy-dispersive X-ray spectrum of the mineral goyazite, obtained using Link AN10000 analysis system

Collembola, springtail
Scanning electron microscope image of a springtail head (x 300)

Velcro
A trademarked name for a fastening tape made up of a strip of nylon with a surface of minute hooks, that fasten to another strip with a surface of uncut pile. A SEM image

Cells on glass
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of cells on glass (x 2K)

Volcanic glass, Peles hair
Scanning electron microscope image of a sample of volcanic glass from Mt. Pele, produced to evaluate different types of laser in Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Variable pressure scanning electron microscope
This electron microscope allows the imaging of samples without any preparation

Myxomycetes, plasmodial slime mould
Scanning electron microscope image of a plasmodial slime mould spore (x12000). This mould spends most of its life as a single cell; when they reproduce they form a slug-like blob that can travel

Collembola ocelli, springtail
Scanning electron microscope image of the springtail with simple eyes (x 1.2K)

Copper in unspecified mineral
Scanning electron microscope image of an elemental map showing the distribution of copper (Cu) in mineral samples

Ostracod
Scanning electron microscope image of an ostracod, an arthropod where the body is enclosed in a carapace (x 220)

Collembola sp. springtail
Scanning electron microscope image of a springtail showing the characteristic pattern on the cuticle surface (x 3.5K)

Fractured pollen grain
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a fractured pollen grain

Populus nigra, lombardy or black poplar pollen
Scanning electron microscope image (x 1500) of black poplar pollen grains showing a characteristic granular surface ornamentation and no apertures (inaperturate)

Butterfly wing scale (part)

Aphis fabae, black bean aphid
Scanning electron microscope image showing a frontal view of a black bean aphid on leaf (x100). Aphids or plant lice are small, plant-sucking insects

Human hair
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a human hair with the cuticle reflexed

Coccolithus pelagicus
Coccosphere of Coccolithus pelagicus, a common cold water coccolithophore. Collected from the British Continental shelf, North West of Scotland. Specimen diameter 15m. False-coloured SEM image

Ophiaster formosus
A coccolithophore with long appendages formed of strings of highly modified coccoliths. Collected from the West Pacific. Specimen diameter 50m. False-coloured SEM image

Lasius niger, black garden ant

Calliphora vicina, blowfly or blue bottle
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a blowflys wing

Fractured anther
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a fractured anther, otherwise known as the sac, which contains the pollen in the male sex organs (stamens)

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