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Scales

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Images

  • Zebrafish scales
  • Knot in hair
  • Knot in hair
  • Caucasian blond Hair
  • Balance and Weights, in case.
  • Human mustache hair
  • Moth wing scales
  • Folding balance and weights, with case.
  • Scales from butterfly wing
  • Coccolithophore
All images (36)

Works

  • view Damaged human hair, bleached and straightened, SEM
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Damaged human hair, bleached and straightened, SEM

    Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute
  • view Human hair (Asian origin)
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Human hair (Asian origin)

    Lauren Holden
  • view Butterfly wing scales
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Butterfly wing scales

    Lauren Holden
  • view Human mustache hair
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Human mustache hair

    Macroscopic Solutions
  • view Knot in hair
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Knot in hair

    Macroscopic Solutions
All works (36)

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