{"id":1331,"date":"2010-12-13T14:16:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T19:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2011-02-28T09:24:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T15:24:23","slug":"microscopic-and-marvelous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2010\/microscopic-and-marvelous.html","title":{"rendered":"Microscopic and Marvellous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From a distance, a pebble and a fly may look more or less alike. &nbsp;But the closer you look, the more dissimilar and complex things get.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another reminder of just how complex and beautiful life is, thanks to the <b>Olympus BioScapes Digital Imagining Competition<\/b> (put on by the company famous for cameras, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olympusamerica.com\/\">Olympus<\/a>, of course).<\/p>\n<p>At just over a minute and a half long, it&#8217;s worth taking a look at:<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/USmgBJXfhKI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/USmgBJXfhKI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/olympusbioscapes.com\/gallery\/2010\/\">More pictures at the competition website here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a distance, a pebble and a fly may look more or less alike. &nbsp;But the closer you look, the more dissimilar and complex things get. 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