You ’ve believably never stared late into the eyes of a yield fly sheet — until now . Because this beautiful image reveal the inner workings of the the chemical compound eye of Drosophila melanogaster .
The word-painting , which train first prize in theHuygens Image Contest 2013for microscopical images , shows cell nucleus stained blue , proteins called cadherin in red and a glycoprotein called chaoptin , found in the photoreceptors , as green . Technical aspects aside , though , ai n’t it just beautiful ? [ New Scientist ]
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