Some incredible images of very tiny things in our world

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boston.com — For visualizing the scale, most measurements below are in microns - one micron is a millionth of a meter - human hair is approximately 100 microns thick. (32 photos total) The squid tentacles are downright creepy... om nom nom

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  1. this is absolutely fantastic...

    kinda scarry as well :)

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  2. Very interesting and unusual pictures

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