Successive enlargements of a fly's eye. (IMAGE)

Université de Genève

Successive enlargements of a fly's eye.

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he eye is made up of many facets, which are themselves covered by a thin layer of protuberances a few tens of nanometres high. 1 micrometer (mm) = 1000 nanometers (nm)

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