19 entertaining macro photos that reveal the secrets of a world that is invisible to human eyes (20 photos)

An amazing world that cannot be seen with the naked human eye is perfectly revealed through the lens of a light microscope or a special camera. Photographers working in the genres of micro- and macrophotography are able to show real miracles hiding at almost every step.





To do this, they use not only special equipment. Showing the depth of microscopic worlds requires ingenuity and creativity. Only in this case will they sparkle with special colors, because they will have enough artistic brilliance and visual details. We invite you to dive into some of them and enjoy the amazing spectacle.

Light micrograph of rotifers



Rotifers are microscopic aquatic animals related to roundworms.

Close-up image of a watercress flower

The photo that received universal acclaim at the Olympus Image of the Year Awards 2021 was taken by Jan Martinek. The tissue of the flower pictured here was chemically treated to make it transparent, and the pollen tubes were dyed aniline blue to give it a yellow fluorescence.

Moth eggs in a web, 16x magnification



Two-day-old zebrafish larvae



Plant spine, 8x magnification



Tomato with skin



Guitar string under a microscope



Flower pollen, four hundred times magnification



Macro photography of colored pencil



Colorful image of the developing nervous system of a zebrafish six days after fertilization



Microscopic image of fruit fly ovaries



Human eye at extreme magnification



At first glance, it seems that the photograph depicts a natural landscape. If you don’t read the caption to the image, you’ll never be able to guess what was actually photographed here.

Milk and butter



Water drop



Match during ignition. You can still see untouched sulfur at the edges



Multiply enlarged spider face



Frozen air bubble



A cat's whisker captured with a 20x lens



Dragonfly