The head of a mosquito, culex pipiens taken through a microscope

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The head of the common mosquito culex pipens, photographed with a zeiss luminar lens through a light microscope. To expand the available depth of field thirty images were stacked together to produce the final photograph.

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Size: 5100px × 3386px
Location: Oxfordshire, UK
Photo credit: © Julian Brooks / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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