Lily leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture of a leaf from a white water lily (Nymphaea alba). The fracture has passed

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Lily leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fracture of a leaf from a white water lily (Nymphaea alba). The fracture has passed through the leaf, revealing the internal cellular structure, including the palisade mesophyll and spongy mesophyll layers. Magnification: x1500 when printed at 10 centimetres across.

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Size: 4992px × 3543px
Photo credit: © PETER BOND, EM CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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