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Surface of Mars

Hi guys.

 

Another 10x here of that same shield bug. Now my setup is fixed I decided to do another stack of this wonderful surface as it has so much texture and colour to offer.

 

Managed to get the sharpness up a bit from the last image so I'm happy with the results.

 

Shield bugs seem to last an eternity even when dead. This one landed on my back a month ago now and is still in pristine condition even now. When alive, they release a significantly strong smell from small pores on their skin, glands if you will. Maybe these holes you see here are where they release this solution from ?

 

Also, note the compound eye to the left and simple eye at the bottom. At a guess, the compound eye takes in movement whereas the simple eye detects light ? Very intersting specimen whatever they each do.

 

Stacked from 81 images in Zerene stacker @ movements of 0.002mm.

 

LARGER image here - www.flickr.com/photos/sequentialmacro/7970647652/sizes/k/...

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Uploaded on September 10, 2012
Taken on September 10, 2012