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Compound Eye Of A Blowfly Metal Print
by Science Photo Library
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Compound Eye Of A Blowfly metal print by Science Photo Library. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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Scanning electron micrograph of the compound eye of a blowfly, Calliphora vomitoria. The picture shows a small part of the surface of the eye. The... more
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Scanning electron micrograph of the compound eye of a blowfly, Calliphora vomitoria. The picture shows a small part of the surface of the eye. The hexagonal units visible are the tips of the ommatidia. Each hexagon is a single lens, about 20 microns across, the light from which is funnelled down to photoreceptors. This picture shows the lenses of about 200 ommatidia; each eye has a total of 4500. Pigment cells lining the funnel of each ommatidium prevent light leakage to its neighbours, producing a mosaic image. Unlike human eyes, compound eyes have no mechanism for focussing the image. But they have properties of particular use to a fly; 360?? degree vision, and, due to the large number of edges between each tiny lens, an enhanced ability to detect movement. This allows very fast reactions to threats from predators, including a human being attempting to swat them.
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