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Amazing images of everyday items taken with scanning electron microscope.

Micro Monsters: scanning electron microscope images of insects, spiders and creepy crawlies.

This may look like a gruesome monster from the latest sci-fi event movie, but it is in fact a real creature. No need to panic, though, as the hydrothermal worm is so tiny it requires a powerful microscope to see it.

Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). These wasps are social insects.

Scanning electron microscope images of a diatom; a type photosynthetic algae which builds an intricate glass shell, smaller than the width of a human hair.

Skin cancer cell. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a melanoma cancer cell.

Gingivitis. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a large number of bacteria (round) in the gingiva (gums) of a human mouth.

Osteoporosis. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of an osteoporotic femur (thigh bone) head.

Using some of the most up to date technology to hand, scientists coated the tiny creatures in gold and deep froze them in liquid nitrogen.

Crenated red blood cells. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through an arteriole (small blood vessel), showing crenated red blood cells inside.

Nectar-feeding bats have erectile tissue in their tongues to help them feed quickly.

Stock image 4128R-1651: Skin cell. Coloured scanning electron micrograph SEM of a squamous cell on the surface of the skin. This is a flat, keratinised, dead cell. Squamous c...

Nerve bundle. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured section through a bundle of myelinated nerve fibres.

The microscopic world is invisible to the naked eye, but it is full of beautiful or even scary creatures. A whole new world opens through the lens of microscope and let us to give a glimpse into something we have never seen.

Internal lining of the gall bladder, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). These columnar epithelial cells are covered in microvilli. Magnification: x2100 when printed at 10 centimetres wide. Source: Science Photo Library (www.sciencephoto.com/) Image: F001/0012

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