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2:20pm August 27, 2014

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Stunning Images Show Life: Magnified exhibition by as Much as 50,000 Times

If you find yourself in Virginia’s Dulles International Airport through November of this year, you might see the exhibition Life: Magnified on the walls. It features scientific images showing cells and other scenes of life magnified by as much as 50,000 times.

1. Anglerfish Ovary Cross-Section
2. Relapsing Fever Bacterium (Gray) on Red Blood Cells
3. Mouth Parts of a Lone Star Tick
4. Gecko lizard toe hairs inspired the design of medical adhesives
5. An insect tracheal cell (green) delivers air to muscles (red)
6. Zebrafish embryo
7. A Mammalian Eye Has Approximately 70 Different Cell Types
8. Human Liver Cell (Hepatocyte)
9. Developing Zebrafish Fin
10. Human blood with red blood cells, T cells (orange) and platelets (green)

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