[mvpel]

The MAHLI can take photos down to 14 microns per pixel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Hand_Lens_Imager

[djf]

I knew there was a new form of microscopic imaging in development. They showed it on the Today show, where the inventor/sponsor? held it in the air over somebodies arm, and it showed clear images of the cells lined up nice and regular.

Bacteria and stuff like that are usually alot smaller than mammalian cells, though.

[Aevery_Freeman]

Yep, the old microscopes of my childhood are pretty much passé much like my 35mm camera.

[djf]

Picture snapped by MAHLI, 1 MM scale bar at lower right.



No wheres near enough resolution to see micro-organisms.