18 October 2024

Intestinal villi and beach grass


A beautiful illustration of how our gut is able to absorb nutrients so efficiently.

Credit Dr Amy Engevik/Nikon Small World, from a collection of images from the Nikon Small World microphotography competition, posted in The Guardian.  Here's a cross-section of beach grass (credit Gerhard Vlcek):


Posted for all those readers who took science courses (or pursued science careers) and spent uncountable hours just exploring the world as seen by a microscope.

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