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PSmicrographs is a specialist science photo library containing high quality scanning electron micrographs (SEMs) and photo micrographs. We employ our own in-house digital scanning electron microscope and light microscopes, both equipped with dedicated digital capturing facilities. Our science images are used widely in all forms of modern media for educational, scientific, corporate and general interest purposes and we are now producing SEM videos material to meet a growing demand. The library also has an extensive collection of natural history photographs.Human Red and White Blood Cells Science Image
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80200662Description:
Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of human blood showing red and white cells. Magnification x5167 at an image size of 10 cm wide
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Lavender Pollen Grain (Lavandula dentata) Science Image
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80200172Description:
Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a pollen grain (yellow) amongst the petal (papilla) cells (purple) of a French lavender (Lavandula dentata) flower. Magnification: x2476 when printed 10 centimetres wide.
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Lavender oil glands and trichomes (Lavandula dentata) Science Image
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80200159Description:
Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section of French lavender (Lavandula dentata) leaf. A number of oil glands (spheres) can also be seen. When the leaf is touched or damaged, the glands rupture and release the oil that gives lavender its distinctive fragrance. Magnification: x284 when printed 10 centimetres wide.
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Holly Wood Xylem Vessels SEM Science Image
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80201069Description:
Holly wood xylem vessels (Ilex aquifolium), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Magnification x6850
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Full Set of Male Chromosomes SEM Science Image
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malesetchromsDescription:
Set of human chromosomes, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Chromosomes are a packaged form of the genetic material DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). The DNA condenses into chromosomes during cell replication for ease of division and transport into the new cell. A complete set of chromosomes is known as a karyotype. In humans, there are 46 chromosomes, consisting of 23 chromosome pairs. This image is of human male chromosomes and shows the x & y sex chromosomes (Pair No. 23)
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Waterproof Material with Water Droplets SEM Science Image
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80201539Description:
Waterproof material with water droplets, coloured scanning electron micrograph, (SEM). This image shows the very close weave of waterproof material used in the making of wet weather clothing for extreme weather conditions.
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Brugmansia heaven scent pollen SEM Science Image
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80201592Description:
Brugmansia heaven scent pollen grains, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). These large trumpet like flowers are sometimes known as "angels trumpets" the plant being reclassified from the previous name of Datura. As the name implies, the huge lily-like flowers have a renowned sweet scent most apparent in the evening. Magnification x5430 (x1340 at 10cm wide).
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Wing feather detail of a swallow SEM Science Image
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80201161Description:
Swallow (Hirundo rustica) feather detail, scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Magnification x533
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Tardigrade or water bear foot SEM Science Image
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80201430Description:
Tardigrade or water bear foot. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a water bear foot (Echiniscus sp.). Water bears (or tardigrades) are tiny invertebrates that live in coastal waters and freshwater habitats, as well as semi-aquatic terrestrial habitats like damp moss. They require water to obtain oxygen by gas exchange. In dry conditions, they can enter a cryptobiotic tun (or barrel) state of dessication to survive. Water bears feed on plant and animal cells and are found throughout the world, from the tropics to the cold polar waters. Magnification x10120
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Human chromosomes SEM Science Image
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80200675Description:
Group of human chromosomes, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Magnification x7000 at 10cm wide.
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Archaea (Methanosarcina sp.) SEM Science Image
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80201454aDescription:
Archaea (Methanosarcina sp.) scanning electron micrograph (SEM). These primitive archaebacteria have unusual cell walls and membranes and are methane producers. Magnification x 36950
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Tardigrade or water bear egg SEM Science Image
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80201424aDescription:
Water bear (Macrobiotus sp.) egg, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Water bears (or tardigrades) are tiny invertebrates that live in aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats such as lichen and damp moss. They require water to obtain oxygen by gas exchange. In dry conditions, they can enter a cryptobiotic state of dessication, known as a tun, to survive. In this state, water bears can survive for up to a decade. This egg was found in moss samples from the UK. Water bears are found throughout the world, including regions of extreme temperature, such as hot springs, and extreme pressure, such as deep underwater. They can also survive the high levels of radiation and vacuum of space. Magnification x4320
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Fruit fly in flight (Drosophila melanogaster) Science Image
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80019191Description:
Fruit fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fruit fly (Drosophila busckii) flying over a banana. Magnification: x15 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.
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Butterfly wing scales (Morpho aega) Science Image
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80200215Description:
Butterfly wing scales. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of scales from the uppersurface of a morpho butterfly wing (Morpho aega). Each scale is covered with rows of microscopic ridges that diffract and reflect light to give the scales their bright metallic iridescent appearance. The colour is derived from interference of light waves and not by pigmentation. Magnification: x265 when printed 10 centimetres wide.
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Vine Weevil Science Image
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80200587Description:
Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus). This beetle is important as a major pest of plants, the grubs of which live underground destroying the roots. Magnification: x10 when printed 10 centimetres wide.
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Sitka Spruce Needle Stomata Science Image
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80015308Description:
Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of a needle of a sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis). Magnification: x380 at 6x7cm size.
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Bruchid beetle penis (Callosobruchus maculatus) Science Image
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80014461Description:
Bruchid or bean weevil beetle penis (Callosobruchus maculatus) Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the tip of a male bruchid weevil's (Callosobruchus maculatus) penis. It is covered in hard spines, which unfold in the female's genital tract during copulation. The spines penetrate the lining of the tract, leaving numerous puncture wounds. Mating is costly for the female; if she copulates with more than one male, she incurs extensive damage and so dies early. The male's spiny penis therefore increases his chances of siring all of the female's eggs. It may also increase the number of eggs she lays.
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Tardigrade waterbear tun (Echiniscus testudo) Science Image
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80017085Description:
Water bear. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a water bear (Echiniscus testudo) in its cryptobiotic tun (or barrel) state. The water bear (or tardigrade) is a tiny invertebrate that lives in coastal waters and freshwater habitats, as well as semi-aquatic terrestrial habitats like damp moss. It requires water to obtain oxygen by gas exchange. The tun state is a response to a period of dessication. It contracts and extrudes a wax covering as its metabolism drops to near-zero. Addition of water will revive it. The tardigrade feeds on plant and animal cells. It is found throughout the world, from the tropics to the cold polar waters. Magnification: x455 at 6x7cm size.
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