The images showing them stuck to various other microscopic objects are manipulated [1], but the technique is real. For example: http://www.wophotonics.com/appli

The images showing them stuck to various other microscopic objects are manipulated [1], but the technique is real. For example: http://www.wophotonics.com/applications/polymerization/direct-laser-writing/ http://www.wophotonics.com/applications/polymerization/direc... [1] The ant's head image is exactly the same one as here, with the SEM text overlay cropped out: http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=15041 http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=150..., the eye of the needle is identical to the one on this page: http://www.aber.ac.uk/bioimage/image/image.htm http://www.aber.ac.uk/bioimage/image/image.htm, and the human hair is an image reversal of this one: http://www.d.umn.edu/news/2008/August/01-A.html http://www.d.umn.edu/news/2008/August/01-A.html.