Amazing compilation of the mysteries behind the microscopic..

Originally seen at luketechtips.com, these macro shots of the microscopic give you a whole other perspective behind what goes on down there. The properties and colours expressed by these organisms are beautiful.

Check out the pics.. My favourite has to be the beetle's adhesive pads.

1) Specimen: Frontal section of Harvestman/Daddy longlegs eyes (a spider)

2) Solitary Coral

3) Red Alga

4) Eye of a common blue damselfly

5) Adhesive pad of the first leg of a beetle

6) Weevil

7) Cyanobacteria on rice plant roots

8) Mouse Retina

9) Arabidopsis thaliana Seeding

10) Ctenoid scale of a sole

11) Wing scales of Sunset moth

12) Yellow Dung Fly

13) Azalea lace bug

14) Black Fly

15) Head and thorax of an Argentine ant

16) Diatom

Here are a few amazing shots from the previous year winners:

1) 2009 – Water Flea

2) 2008 – “Fairy Fly” Wasp

3) 2007 – Mitosis Spindle

4) 2006 – Zinnia Flower Primordium