A collection of photographs taken with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was selected by the scientific writer Brandon Broll in a book titled Microcosmos (translated: Micro Universe). Everything in these pictures, from insects to human body parts, appears beautiful and lively.

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This incredible picture captures a Formica fusca ant that lives in a forest or heather area, holding a microchip. Photo: Science Photo Library / Barcroft Media.

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Surface of an EPROM silicon IC. Photo: Science Photo Library / Barcroft Media.

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These are the eyebrows that grow on the face. Photo: Science Photo Library / Barcroft Media.

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Photo of strawberry surface. Photo: Science Photo Library / Barcroft Media.

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This is a picture of bacteria on the surface of the human tongue. Photo: Science Photo Library / Barcroft Media.

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Sperm in male semen through SEM electron microscope. Photo: Science Photo Library / Barcroft Media.

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Indoor dust includes cat hairs, woolen yarns and synthetic fibers, serrated insect scales, a pollen grain and a part of the trunk. Photo: Science Photo Library / Barcroft Media.

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A close-up of a weave of nylon socks. Photo: Science Photo Library / Barcroft Media.

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A mosquito's head. Photo: Science Photo Library / Barcroft Media.

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Spores of mushrooms. Photo: Science Photo Library / Barcroft Media.

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A phosphate calcium crystal.Photo: Science Photo Library / Barcroft Media.