Let's take a closer look at the things that surround us.
Tobacco: tobacco mosaic virus fragments at 34,000x magnification
Photography method: electronic transmission
LCD monitor: cholesteric phase 55% CB15 in E48 resistors used in LCD monitor manufacturing, at 100x magnification
Photography method: polarized light
Magazine: magazine cover printed on coated paper, 20x magnification
Photography method: fluorescence
Carpet: Carpet fibers at 20x magnification
Photography method: fluorescence and polarized light
Coffee: 1,3,7-trimethylpurine-2,6-dione (caffeine) crystals at 20x magnification
Photography method: polarized light
Money: section of a coin at 63x magnification
Photography method: polarized light
Milk: cow's milk at 2800x magnification
Photography method: light microscope
CD: CD surface at 416x magnification
Photography method: Light microscope
Fly: sperm of the fruit fly Drosophila virilis at 400x magnification
Photography method: dark field microscope
Contact lens liquid: crystals left behind after contact lens liquid evaporates, at 400x magnification
Photography method: differential interference contrast
Condom: monodisperse latex spheres at 100x magnification
Photography method: light microscope
Leather jacket: LLCPK1 cell culture from porcine epithelium at 1000x magnification
Photography method: confocal and epifluorescence microscopy
Saccharin: saccharin crystals at 25x magnification
Photography method: polarized light
Plastic bag: deformed polyethylene sheet at 40x magnification
Photography method: polarized light
Vitamin B1: Thiamine (Vitamin B1) crystals at 28x magnification
Photography method: polarized light
Paper: Juncus sp. fibers from machine-made paper at 100x magnification
Photography method: confocal microscopy