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Louse viewed with the SEM

A head louse clasping a human hair under a SEM microscope.

A head louse clasping a human hair. The image was taken using an SEM at 110x magnification. At low magnifications like this, SEM generates three-dimensional images that are in focus throughout the depth of the sample.

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Published: 29 February 2012Size: 430.7 KB
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