Microscopic images

No, this is not a van Gogh painting, it's the… "Foreleg of a male diving beetle, by SPIKE WALKER.
Polarised photomicrograph showing the rows of suckers on the foreleg of a male Dytiscus marginalis. Commonly known as the great diving beetle, these are largest freshwater beetles in the UK. They have a large streamlined body that is dark brown in colour, with a yellow abdomen and yellow legs. This image was produced by passing light through coloured filters, a technique known as Rheinberg illumination."

21 microscopic images are shown here. "The 11th Wellcome Image Awards were announced on 23 February 2011, recognising the creators of the most informative, striking and technically excellent images among recent acquisitions to Wellcome Images, as chosen by a panel of judges."
http://www.wellcomeimageawards.org/#
Sent us by Norbert and Sarah Schnadt