The colors are added in, of course, with it being an electron microscope image. Another picture:

  • @mwproductions
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    181 month ago

    Seriously. I’m in my 40s and this is the first time I’ve ever had any sense of scale for red blood cells. Very cool!

    • @daddy32
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      21 month ago

      But it’s hard to perceive the scale of the needle tip itself, so there’s no good reference object for the scale. They should have included banana or something for the comparison.