2/14/2008

For Valentine's Day: Love Polyp


Photo: Love polyp (pliptis amorosi, magnification 400x) on the heart of a 58-year-old discalced nun. Love polyps are said to grow most prolifically on hearts debilitated by the pangs of unrequited love. Thanks to El Laboratorio de Los Corazónes Tristes, Hospital Fuente de Piedad, Campos, España, (July, 2003) for the use of their X-1-A digital micrographer. Click polyp for big. Be still and you can feel it throbbing.

1 comment:

maryoplinger said...

I want to POP it!