You come into contact with millions of different objects every day. Many of those everyday objects are so small that you don’t even realize you’re interacting with them, but when we look at the world around us on a microscopic level, a whole new universe reveals itself. Fortunately, the photos in this gallery were taken using an electron microscope, which is the most powerful microscope known to man, and with it we can see everyday objects in a way we’ve never seen them before. Here are 25 everyday objects under an electron microscope:

Dust

Human Hair

Cracked Steel

Human Tongue

Ant

Artery & Red Blood Cells

Brain Cells

Cake Sprinkles

Dust Mite

Flea

Guitar String

Human Fingerprint Ridge

Life Saver Candy

Maggot

Mosquito

Needle & Thread

Pollen

Salt & Pepper

Snow Crystals

Spider

Sugar

Toilet Paper

Velcro

A Leaf

Nerve Ending