Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Extreme ant close up


SHOOT: Click on the link (or on the image above) and truly expand your horiso.

Tom Simonite, online technology editor

Microscope images of insects never disappoint. But the one below is more compelling than usual.

It's stitched together from 136 different 800x images taken with a scanning electron microscope. As a result, you can explore the whole ant in tremendous detail. If you click the "full image" link below the viewer, you can view, make and share snapshots from the image.
View the full image at GigaPan.org
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