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The Joys of Microscope Photography [PICS]

darkroastedblend.com — This is what Anton van Leeuwenhoek said about the creatures he saw in his 1670s microscope. The "Father of Microbiology" made over 400 different types of microscopes and discovered bacteria and spermatozoa, among other things.... among many, many other things.

Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 26, 2008

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  • w3rdn4, on 11/26/2008, -1/+20These are some of the coolest looking pictures that capture the Microcosmos.
  • BeShirtHappy, on 11/26/2008, -1/+14It's amazing how beautiful the microscope photos are of otherwise not so pretty things (like a fly).
  • Digibull, on 11/26/2008, -1/+9Cute chick
  • cugar, on 11/26/2008, -1/+9the needle head blew my mind
  • suckanucka, on 11/26/2008, -6/+13We will finally know how long a Japanese man's penis really is.
  • ZeMeisterstuck, on 11/26/2008, -0/+4Doesn't he mean microscopic photography? This is microscope photography:

    http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client= ...
  • thebrinkman, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3*mouth agape*
  • brandar, on 11/26/2008, -1/+4Dugg for David Bowie fly.
  • notquitegone, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3science rules.
  • themastersb, on 11/26/2008, -1/+4Buried by MastaSB :)
  • Inaktivist, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3God dammit... suddenly that macro lens I've had my eye on doesn't look so cool.
  • deadapostle, on 11/26/2008, -0/+3I don't understand why we have a picture of the sharpest manmade thing from the only perspective that makes it appear to be concave.
  • woofers07, on 11/26/2008, -1/+4Buried for lame comment AND referring to yourself in the third person.
  • mamboboy, on 11/26/2008, -1/+4< grammatically perfect sentence >
  • IpwnZnoobs, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2That chick looks pissed off
  • rossiohead, on 11/27/2008, -0/+2Go away and/or die with your url-spam.
  • Lynxist, on 11/26/2008, -1/+3I love this...

    among other things.... among many, many other things.

    You have to click through to see what 'other things' are on that list.
  • h0dges, on 11/27/2008, -0/+2man those microscopes are hot...
  • RutgerB, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2well said compadre
  • inactive, on 12/21/2008, -0/+2amazing collection
  • robbob, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2nothing like micro-photos to enhance my hypochondria
  • shannimal, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2Anyone know somewhere I can get desktop sizes?
  • Fallout911, on 11/26/2008, -1/+3Awesome!
    Want more!
  • lebondarken, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2"BROOKS WAS HERE" "SO WAS RED"
    http://static.flickr.com/66/189739300_c42bcdb90e.j ...
  • vilago, on 11/26/2008, -0/+2these are much better than those other microscopy photos a few weeks back for that contest...at least these are of things that i can visualize in a macroscopic way. +1 for that chick embryo that looks like an alien baby.
  • vilago, on 11/26/2008, -1/+3but he has no penis
  • AmyVernon, on 11/26/2008, -1/+2Exactly what I was thinking...
  • Halsfield, on 11/26/2008, -1/+2do we really need nano guitar hero ?
  • kouchan21, on 11/26/2008, -1/+2Amazing but kind of scary
  • Lynxist, on 11/26/2008, -3/+4ROFLMAO, damn u got ballz
  • specialK16, on 11/26/2008, -1/+2So how long until we have nanomachines controlling our every physiological and psychological detail? I'm all for it!
  • ilusha55, on 11/26/2008, -0/+1wow amazing! but some of them look like they were modeled in 3D max
  • chrissku, on 11/26/2008, -2/+2Mirror?
  • ImYourRealDad, on 11/26/2008, -2/+2lobster eggs need to be wallpapered. make this happen Digg.
  • SisterSabbay, on 11/26/2008, -14/+6Wow !

    Dugg by Sabbay :)

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