Photo by FRANK KORTE/GÜNTER KAMLAGE/EPA/LANDOV
An entry in a German science-photo competition, this image shows a fly sporting a set of "designer" lenses crafted and set in place with a cutting-edge laser technique. The glasses fit snuggly on the fly's 0.08-inch-wide (2-millimeter-wide) head.
A German company, Micreon, created the glasses for the fly using ultrafast laser micro-machining. The firm makes other miniature objects but they weren't quite as "eye catching" as this photo.
If I remember right... a fly actually has more than just two eyes.
Yes, that is a real fly. Dead, but real.
More info about the photo at the IEEE web site.
More micro image photos at the Popular Science web site.
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