Everyday Things Under The Electron Microscope

A wood or heathland ant, Formica fusca, holding a microchip

All these 24 pictures are from the book “Microcosmos”, created by Brandon Brill from London. This book includes many scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of insects, human body parts and household items. Click the link to see all 24 pictures.

via Really funny stuff – Amazing Scanning Electron Microscope Pictures (24 pics).

Great White Shark Becomes Dinner

(Pic: Courier Mail)

The great white was savaged after it got snared on a drum line – a baited hook attached to a buoy – near North Stradbroke Island, east of Brisbane.

The wounded creature was still alive when a crew hauled it onto a boat, close to Deadman’s Beach.

Experts said its rival may be 20ft (about six metres) long, judging by the size of the huge bites.

via Shark Mauls Great White: Fears In Australia After Shark Bitten Off Stradbroke Island, Near Brisbane | World News | Sky News.

Stingray Migration

Like autumn leaves floating in a sunlit pond, this vast expanse of magnificent stingrays animates the bright blue seas of the Gulf of Mexico.

Taken off the coast of Mexico’s Holbox Island by amateur photographer Sandra Critelli, this breathtaking picture captures the migration of thousands of rays as they follow the clockwise current from Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula to western Florida.

Measuring up to 6ft 6in across, poisonous golden cow-nose rays migrate in groups – or ‘fevers’ – of up to 10,000 as they glide their way silently towards their summer feeding grounds. Thanks to Ramon Brunings.

via The great ocean migration… thousands of majestic stingrays swim to new seas | Mail Online.

Giant 125 year-old Rhododendron

This 125 year old Rhododendron is about 25 ft high and 30 ft wide.
It is in down town Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, B.C.Thanks to Mike Douso. From this link you can “enlarge Wall

paper” to download it.

Giant rhododendron – Flowers Wallpaper 371355 – Desktop Nexus Nature.

Photos With A Different Perspective

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes this ain’t exactly right. Distance overlapping, positions, and timing can sometimes create a brand new perspective of a photo. Thanks to Marcia Ullian. This link has many more.

via 100+ Funny Photos Taken At Unusual Angle [Humor] | Inspiration.