Fear its gaze.
To clarify, the ant's red eyes aren't actually its eyes, but the bases of its antennae. Its real eyes are further back, shrouded by the image's vignetting — but don't let that spoil the fun.
Besides looking absolutely terrifying, it's some remarkable photomicrography, which is the art of taking extreme digital close ups like this one by using a microscope. To capture the ant's baleful demeanor, Kavaliauskas used a 5x objective lens. While impressive, the photo sadly didn't breach the competition's top twenty, but it did earn the appellation of "Image of Distinction."
To see other mesmerizing but decidedly less sinister snapshots of the microscopic realm, we recommend visiting the 2022
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