Image of the day- the natural world down a microscope

Links to two image-series today- both courtessy of The Sun newspaper. The first is a beautiful series of images of living organisms and natural phenomena (baby starfish, soap bubles, snail eggs, a fly larva and several others). You can find the article here-

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2819061/Pictures-from-under-the-microscope.html

most of the images are in a gallery linked from that article.

The second image series is an article and a further succession of 6 images of planet Mars-

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2807544/Pictures-of-Mars-reveal-astonishing-beauty.html

Martian "trees", urban Herons and freezing Florida- Science update

Today's big science news story is this article-

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2805295/Mars-probe-shows-trees-on-planet.html

- recent photographs from Mars that appear to show, at first glance, rows of alien trees. The pictures actually show conifer-shaped trails of debris left behind as the planet's CO2 frost sublimes for the "summer", as the article explains

Meanwhile, The Daily Telegraph’s big nature story of the day is this article-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6980774/Herons-and-woodcocks-moving-into-towns-for-food-during-big-freeze.html
on the effects of the cold weather on Britain’s birds. British wildlife is not alone in feeling the chill, according to this yahoo article about the problems the cold-snap is causing for tropical wildlife in Florida-
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100109/tsc-florida-s-cold-snap-disaster-for-tro-e123fef.html