Laveran’s eye

The military hospital of Constantine, Algeria was a fitting place to view what must have seemed the Devil in microscopic form.

Stages of the malaria parasite drawn by Alphonse Laveran

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Caterpillar landscapes

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Here are some caterpillar images I took during my last session with the SEM (scanning electron microscope). I have cropped and edited them, these versions are just for fun - I'm saving most of my shots for potential publications.

I would like to give people a sense of what is hidden in the world around them - these are landscapes that exist on such a small scale.

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