The microörganism had an ordinary enough shape, but its vibrant, mesmerizing colours and textures made for an opulent aesthetic more befitting an Emperor's robe than the agent of a deadly contagion.
This timeless, high resolution exotic Pickover biomorph was enriched by the textural use of wonderful CC0 photography by Andrew Buchanan, Photo Boards, Kiki Wang, Mon Aung, and Aditya Joshi.
