Familiar things can look very strange when viewed under a microscope. (Steve Gschmeissner/SPL/Getty Images)
If you're a reader of our weekly newsletter, you'll know that one of our most popular features is our Microscope Mystery.Each week, our team shares a head-scratching microscopic image and asks readers to work out what exactly they're looking at. Occasionally with hilarious results.(Like the time our assistant editor Clare Watson guessed that the surface of a solar panel was actually a biscuit – "or maybe I'm just hungry" – or journalist Jess Cockerill said the scent glands of a rose petal looked like "my tastebuds after I burnt them on my morning coffee".)The surface of a solar panel (left) and the scent-producing glands of a rose petal (right) viewed under a microscope. (L: Macku et al., Proceedings of SPIE, 2011/R: Gregory S. Paulson/Connect Images/Getty Images)Due to popular demand, we will now be hosting these microscopic conundrums on the site, too, a few days after the newsletter.Introducing: Monday Microscope Mystery!Read on for this week's puzzle, and don't forget to compare your answers to those on socials.To kick us off, we have this strangely tasty-looking pink and purple landscape.(Steve Gschmeissner/SPL/Getty Images)What do you think you're looking at?
