These Unbelievable Images Reveal What’s Actually Under A Microscope

Things are not always what they appear to be. It’s all about perspective. This is especially true if you look at things under a microscope. Zooming in on everyday items will both surprise you and potentially horrifying. 

This silver chrome object is not a stick. Nor is it something from another planet. In fact, this creepy looking thing is on your body right now! 

This is a photo of a human eyelash under a microscope. It’s unbelievable that this is what human hair looks like zoomed in. We almost wish we hadn’t seen the reveal.

When we first saw this two things came to mind: flower petals or some kind of coral floating in the ocean. We can confidently say that both of those guesses are way off. 

You read that right! This photo is an extremely close look at a cat’s tongue! If you’ve ever had a pet cat you’ll know their tongues are really rough. Those ridges help them clean themselves.

We can give you one hint on this one. This is a living creature! The texture looks like something plastic but it is in fact an animal (technically). 

If you’ve left the fruit out for too long we’re sure you have had some fruit flies flying around your kitchen. These pests can be obnoxious! Thankfully, they’re super small or else we’d be concerned about them taking over the world.

We promise this isn’t any kind of bacteria or freaky looking creature. These are the particles that make up an everyday item that you might find in a classroom. 

Who knew a simple stick of chalk could be so intricate on the inside? We all learned in science class that everything is made up of atoms but to actually see it on a zoomed in level is really crazy!

This one is a little misleading. It looks like a collection of shells and rocks and that is not exactly what we have here. 

This is an image of grains of sand. It’s hard to imagine those tiny grains can have as much detail. Think about how much sand covers the beach and how each of these pieces is totally unique, like snowflakes.

We were totally convinced that this was an alien at first glance. I mean, we can’t think of any animal we know that looks like this.

These are 2 day old zebrafish larvae. Larvae are just underdeveloped forms of creatures, like caterpillars in cocoons before they become butterflies. These larvae are totally miniscule and basically can’t be detected by our eyes alone.

Whatever this photo is, we sure know it’s happy. Look at all those smiley faces looking back at us. 

This is a blade of grass! Who knew that grass was so happy? It must have gotten lots of sun and water to be beaming like it is. Interestingly, people have investigated why lots of objects seem to have smiley faces in them.

We don’t blame you if you don’t have any guesses as to what this image is. To be honest, we couldn’t imagine what this could be either. 

They say every rose has its thorn. In this case, even one of the most beautiful flowers isn’t so beautiful up close and personal. If the stem looks like this we’d be interested to know what the petals would look like as well.

Hay was the first thing that came to mind when we saw this image. 

You might have heard the expression “looking for a needle in a haystack”. Well, this is looking for a haystack in a needle! That “hay” is really just a single thread wrapped through the loop of a needle.

This doesn’t look too foreign to us. It resembles a knotted piece of rope or even a soft pretzel made of dough. 

We have millions of these little guys all over our heads. They might not appear to be bright yellow like this one but if you look close enough under a microscope this is what your hair actually looks like!

All these wacky shapes and colors remind us of the solar system. That might be Saturn or Jupiter spinning around. 

These are bioluminescent phytoplankton that float around in the ocean. These special little microscopic friends can light up the ocean to give it this amazing glow.

This little object is so small you would never even be able to feel it on your skin unless you knew it was there. It might give you a little tickle. 

We can say that we never thought we’d see a mosquito’s foot in such detail but here we are! All those little features fit onto the tiny tip of this pest’s leg. Next time you get a mosquito bite you’ll remember that this creepy object was sitting on your skin!

We would love this pattern on a rug in our home. The colors are fantastic! But, what we have here is much smaller than a rug and much more delicate. 

We’d be very impressed if you guessed this was a butterfly! We never knew that butterfly wings have hairs on them just like we do on our heads. The wings look so velvety smooth.

This looks like the grooves of a car tire, compete with all the little dust and dirt particles that get stuck in between them. 

Now that you know what this is it’s easier to imagine that this zoomed in image is a vinyl record. Those grooves are where the needle fits so you can listen to beautiful music the way it was meant to be heard!

Take a real hard look at this one and see if you can figure out what it could possibly be. 

Who knew the object we use to write could look so menacing up close and personal? The tip of a pen seems so sharp when we use it in our everyday lives.