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Abstract nature, up close

Can you identify plants and animals when you get really up close and personal? Check out these 15 photos of cool close-ups.

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Abstract nature

Can you identify plants and animals when you get really up close and personal? Check out these 15 photos.

It looks like hundreds of eyes, but this photo actually shows frog eggs.

Roger Tidman / B1085
YELLOW ROSE

Yellow rose

Not pink or white, this rose is yellow and represents joy and a promise of a new beginning.

Daniel Zupanc / B1100
RIPPLES IN RED SAND

Red sand

This photo shows ripples in red sand at Ayers Rock, also called Uluru. It is considered one of the great wonders of the world and Australia's best known natural landmark.

Daniel Zupanc / B1100
Banana leaf

Banana leaf

Once used as paper, banana leaves have a wide array of uses from cooking and wrapping food to using dried leaves for roofs.

Nigel Downer / B2679
Blue morpho butterfly

Wing of a blue morpho butterfly

This photo shows the wings of the blue morpho, among the largest butterflies in the world.

Nigel Downer / B2679
Peacock feather abstract

Peacock feather

This macro abstract of a section of a peacock's feather show the intricate structure and vivid color variation.

Nigel Downer / B2679
Birch Bark

Birch bark

Birch bark, red and feather veined, remains a popular type of wood for various handicrafts and arts.

Carsten Krieger / B4846
Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) at..........

Crocodile skin

This large reptile's skin is composed of square and oblong scales.

Bruce Martin / B5112
Mushroom

Mushroom

These aren't fish gills! This close-up shows the undercap of an edible mushroom.

David Chapman / B807
Romanesque Broccoli

Romanesco broccoli

Also known as Romanesque cauliflower, this edible flower bud is much more crunchy than regular broocoli.

David Chapman / B807
JAY wing feathers

Blue jay feathers

The feathers of the blue jay are beautifully iridescent with bright blue hues.

Ernie Janes / B881
ELEPHANT hide detail

African elephant skin

The African elephant's hide is gray with a wrinkly texture.

Anthony Bannister / B980
Polytrichum commune moss..........

Moss

Polytrichum commune, also known as common haircap moss, is a species of moss found in many regions with high humidity and rainfall. They look like thousands of green stars.

Simon Booth / B985
LEAF-TAILED GECKO

Leaf tailed gecko

With its huge unblinking eyes, the leaf tailed gecko is a species of gecko indigenous to the island of Madagascar. It has no eyelids and its eyes resemble something you would see in space.

Stephen Dalton / B998
SUNDIAL SHELL detail

Sundial shell

This sundial shell resembles a spiral staircase from above.

John Shaw / B1076
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