Nature under microscope

Comparing something to a grain of sand is usually supposed to mean that it's small or insignificant, but Dr. Gary Greenberg's microscopic photography aims to turn this stereotype on its head. His photographs of miniscule grains of sands reveal that each grain of sand can be beautiful and unique. The sand in his images is full of remnants from various tropical sea organisms large and small.

Artist Rogan Brown peers into the invisible worlds of microbes, then uses their forms as the inspiration for large paper sculptures that seem at once familiar and profoundly alien.

Find out more about plants under the microscope in this video from Kew. Plants under the microscope, wood anatomy at Kew Gardens - www.kew.org/video/beneath-the-skin-of-plants/index.htm (Photo Peter Gasson RBG Kew)

As I mentioned in yesterday's blog post, I am obligated to create a quilt of certain specifications related to the element ZINC. This element is essential for life in both plants and animals. As I think about imagery for this piece, I decide to Google search images of cell structure. Here are a few of my favorite stock photos of cell structure. Most of these are plant cells. Animal cells are more disorganized - visually. I am going to play around with these images a bit and see if I can come…

Yellow and blue make green...

Plant Cell Structure Under Microscope Biological Science Picture Directory - Pulpbits.net

Fernan Federici’s microscopic images of plants, bacteria, and crystals are a classic example of finding art in unexpected places.

Butterflies and some moths are near-universal symbols of natural beauty, but Linden Gladhill, a biochemist and photographer, has created a stunning set of photographs that introduce us to the natural beauty of butterflies and moths on a macro level unobservable by the human eye. The highly-magnified (between 7 and 17 times life-size) photos of butterflies' wings show the scales that cover their wings and that comprise the beautiful patterns that we see.

Animal Cells Microscope Slide Biological Science Picture Directory - Pulpbits.net