20 Most Amazing Microscope Shots Photos

these pictures are taken  from the book ‘ Microcosmos‘, created by Brandon Brill . This book includes many scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of insects, human body parts and household items.
These are the most amazing images of what is too small to see with the naked eye.

 Please be warned that certain photos may give you the goosebumps all over your body.

Well, then. Here goes.




01 – A wood or heathland Ant, Formica fusca, holding a microchip




02 – The surface of an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory silicon microchip




03 – Eyelash hairs growing from the surface of human skin




04 – The surface of a strawberry





05 – Bacteria on the surface of a human tongue




06 – Human sperm (spermatozoa), the male sex cells




07 – The nylon hooks and loops of velcro




08 – Household dust which includes long hairs such as cat fur, twisted synthetic and woolen fibers, serrated insect scales, a pollen grain, plant and insect remains




09 -The weave of a nylon stocking




10 – The end of the tongue (proboscis) of a hummingbird hawkmoth




11 – The head of a mosquito





12 – A human head louse clinging to a hair




13 – The eight eyes (two groups of four) on the head of a Mexican red-kneed tarantula




14 – Cut hairs and shaving foam between two razor blades




15 – Cigarette paper




16 – The corroded surface of a rusty metal nail




17 – The head of a Romanesco cauliflower




18 – The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus




19 – Mushrooms spores




20 – A clutch of unidentified butterfly eggs on a raspberry plant