Engulfing Collection

Stomy weather at Roker Lighthouse
Stormy weather and rough seas at Roker Lighthouse

Neutrophil engulfing MRSA, SEM C018 / 8596
Neutrophil engulfing MRSA. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a neutrophil white blood cell (green) engulfing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA, pink)

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell (purple) engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (pink)

Phagocytosis of fungal spores, SEM
Phagocytosis of a fungus spore. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a neutrophil (blue) phagocytosing (engulfing and destroying) spores from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus (red)

The Hula Valley #2
Tal Paz-Fridman

Phagocytosis of fungus spores, SEM
Phagocytosis of fungus spores. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of spores from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus (red) being phagocytosed (engulfed and destroyed) by a dendritic cell (brown)

Sequence of illustrations showing Samson wrestling a lion, and eating honey from its carcass, Samson telling a riddle, and falling in love with a Philistine woman, and flames engulfing a sacrifice

Picture No. 10890914
Egg Eating Snake - engulfing the egg (Dasypeltis fasciata) Date:

Neutrophil engulfing MRSA, SEM C018 / 8597
Neutrophil engulfing MRSA. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a neutrophil white blood cell (bottom) engulfing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA, yellow)

Holosticha ciliate protozoan, SEM
Holosticha ciliate protozoan. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Holosticha sp. ciliate protozoan ingesting diatoms (blue). Holosticha is a tiny single-celled aquatic organism

Shigella bacterium and macrophage, SEM C016 / 8922
Shigella bacterium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Shigella sp. bacterium (orange) being engulfed by a macrophage white blood cell. This process is called phagocytosis

Shigella bacterium and macrophage, SEM C016 / 8924
Shigella bacterium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Shigella sp. bacterium (green) being engulfed by a macrophage white blood cell. This process is called phagocytosis

Shigella bacterium and macrophage, SEM C016 / 8923
Shigella bacterium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Shigella sp. bacterium (orange) being engulfed by a macrophage white blood cell. This process is called phagocytosis

Blue whale feeding, artwork C018 / 0294
Blue whale feeding. Artwork sequence showing how a baleen whale such as this blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) feeds. Baleen whales feed on small crustaceans, such as krill (yellow)

Europe sinking in debt, conceptual image C014 / 0687
Europe sinking in debt, conceptual computer artwork

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0596
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (orange)

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0598
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (purple)

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0595
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (pink)

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0594
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (yellow)

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0593
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (purple)

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0592
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (orange)

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0590
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (blue)

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0589
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (yellow)

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0591
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (bright green)

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C017 / 8309
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacteria (pink)

Neutrophil engulfing MRSA, SEM C017 / 8301
Neutrophil engulfing MRSA. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a neutrophil white blood cell (purple) engulfing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA, yellow)

Macrophage engulfing a nerve cell, TEM C013 / 4803
Macrophage engulfing a nerve cell. Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a section through a macrophage white blood cell (blue) that has engulfed a nerve cell (neuron, centre)

Hartmannella amoeba and bacterium. Computer artwork of a Hartmannella vermiformis amoeba (green) engulfing a Legionella pneumophila bacterium (orange) with a pseudopodium

Swarm of locusts. Coloured historical artwork of a farmer attempting to ward a large swarm of locusts away from his crops

Phagocytosis of a yeast spore, SEM
Phagocytosis of a yeast spore. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a neutrophil (brown) phagocytosing (engulfing and destroying) a spore from the yeast Candida albicans (orange)

Phagocytosis of a fungus spore, SEM
Phagocytosis of a fungus spore. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a spore from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus (red) being phagocytosed (engulfed and destroyed)

Macrophage engulfing bacteria, artwork
Macrophage engulfing bacteria. Computer artwork of a macrophage white blood cell (pink) engulfing bacteria (blue). This process is called phagocytosis

Neutrophils and Shigella bacteria, SEM
Neutrophils and Shigella bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of neutrophil white blood cells (large, yellow-green) and Shigella bacteria (orange, upper right)

Macrophages and tuberculosis vaccine. Fluorescence light micrograph of macrophage (red, outlined in black) white blood cells that have phagocytosed (engulfed) Mycobacterium bovis bacteria (pink)

Macrophage ingesting debris, SEM
Macrophage ingesting cell debris at the site of a wound, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Macrophages are a type of large white blood cell that are part of the bodys immune system

Neutrophil and trapped bacteria, TEM
Neutrophil and trapped bacteria. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria (blue) trapped by a neutrophil (orange), a type of white blood cell

Macrophage and tuberculosis vaccine, TEM
Macrophage and tuberculosis vaccine. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of phagocytosed (engulfed) Mycobacterium bovis bacteria (purple) in a macrophage (green) white blood cell

Macrophage engulfing bacteria, SEM
Macrophage engulfing bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell (brown) engulfing Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria (yellow)

Macrophage engulfing tuberculosis vaccine. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing Mycobacterium bovis bacteria (yellow)

Macrophage cell engulfing bacteria, TEM
Macrophage cell engulfing bacteria. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of bacteria (centre, rod-shaped) inside a macrophage cell

False-colour SEM of a macrophage & lymphocyte
Macrophage in contact with a lymphocyte. False- colour scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage (gold) in contact with a lymphocyte, a type of white blood cell

Neutrophil engulfing fungus, SEM
Neutrophil engulfing fungus. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a neutrophil white blood cell (orange) engulfing and destroying a Candida albicans (thrush) fungal hypha (green)

Macrophage attacking a foreign body, SEM
Macrophage attacking a foreign body. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell (round, left) engulfing a Leishmania mexicana protozoan parasite (long, right)

Macrophage engulfing pathogen, artwork
Macrophage engulfing pathogen. Artwork of a macrophage cell (pink) engulfing a pathogen (green), a process known as phagocytosis. The pathogen will be destroyed once it has been engulfed

Macrophage engulfing pathogens, artwork
Macrophage engulfing pathogens. Artwork of a macrophage cell (pink) engulfing pathogens (green), a process known as phagocytosis. The pathogens will be destroyed once they have been engulfed

White blood cell, TEM
White blood cell. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of an eosinophil (a type of white blood cell), part of the bodys immune system

Stalked jellyfish eating a shrimp. Close-up of the tentacled head end of a stalked jellyfish (staromedusa, Lucernaria quadricornis) retracting after having engulfed a skeleton shrimp (Caprella sp)

Neutrophil engulfing TB bacteria, SEM
Neutrophil engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a neutrophil white blood cell (large, centre) engulfing and destroying a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)

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Engulfing, a powerful force that transcends realms. From the stormy weather at Roker Lighthouse to the microscopic world of neutrophils engulfing MRSA, this concept captivates us in various forms. In the realm of science, we witness phagocytosis in action as fungal spores are devoured by macrophages under the watchful eye of an electron microscope. The same fate befalls TB bacteria, as these resilient organisms find themselves engulfed within the depths of a macrophage's grasp. But it is not only in scientific marvels where engulfing takes center stage. Throughout history, artists have depicted its awe-inspiring nature on canvas and engravings. "The Spectacle of Human Folly" portrays flames engulfing our foolishness while "Fire in the Oil Depot in San Marcuola" showcases destruction consuming all it touches. Meanwhile, "Legend of the Fire of Two" immortalizes flames devouring their surroundings through intricate engravings. Even ancient tales speak volumes about this phenomenon. Samson's strength is epitomized as he wrestles a lion and feasts upon its carcass while honey drips from his lips. Flames dance around him as he falls for a Philistine woman and engulfs himself in passion. From grand landscapes to microscopic battles, engulfing leaves no aspect untouched. It reminds us that forces beyond our control can consume both light and darkness alike – whether it be storms raging against lighthouses or immune cells fighting off infections. So let us embrace this captivating notion that binds together artistry, science, and mythology; for within its grasp lies both destruction and rebirth – an eternal reminder that life itself is but a delicate balance between being consumed and emerging stronger than before.