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Mites

Stockholm|1973|Natur

One of the earliest series with nature as its theme, photographed using a SEM (scanning electron microscope). The year before, the air we breathe was documented.

Front part of a mite species that is particularly common in compost soil and mainly feeds on bacteria. At the opening of its mouth it has two spiny projections, with the help of which it can push food into its mouth, 1973. (Colored in 1973 by the photographer Gillis Häägg) ©Lennart Nilsson/TT