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Everyday Objects Are Unrecognizable at Super Macro Scale

a collection of everyday items seen in extreme macro close up.

By Moss & FogUpdated 1 min read
An extreme macro photograph of an everyday object that has become completely unrecognizable at this scale: a surface reading as an alien landscape of structure, color, and geometry, inviting the question of what anything actually looks like when examined at the limit of what lenses can see
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Posy is a Youtuber with a video entitled Household Objects (But Extremely Close).

In it, we see everyday items in such close up, that they’re unrecognizable, save for some choice details.

From one cent coins to pencils to toothbrushes and lighters, they all are nearly unknown under such extreme macro lenses.

Paired with interesting music, the video is worth your time.

Via Kottke:

A one euro cent in super macro
details of a one euro cent
one euro cent
Toothbrush
toothbrush
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Pencil
Pencil
ballpoint pen
red thread
red thread
An extreme macro photograph of an everyday object that has become completely unrecognizable at this scale: a surface reading as an alien landscape of structure, color, and geometry, inviting the question of what anything actually looks like when examined at the limit of what lenses can see
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