The other day a fly sat on my shoulder. I turned my head slowly, hoping to squish it eventually, and was looking it in the eye. This was even more creepy than you might imagine. For both of us.
Under the Microscope is a collection of videos from io9 which capture glimpses of the natural and artificial world in close-up. The first of the series is a close up of several insect eyes.
There are various things I don’t need to see in their full glory, because they don’t make my navigation through this world any easier:
- blown-up images of the mites that live in mattresses
- mug shots of gut bacteria
- red and black images of a virus ridden kitchen chopping board
- mosquito on human skin with its proboscis out
Then there’s this: We Are In The Era Of “Nightmare Bacteria“.
Sleep tight, my loves.
