Stinging insects, as art.

Stinging insects, as art.  USGS biologist Sam Droege takes some beautiful photographs of bees and wasps in pursuit of science.  To get this incredible depth-of-field, Droege uses the same technique the the Curiosity rover uses: he takes several photographs at different focus points, then “merges” them together to get these amazing results.

Looking at these photos gave me an idea for a microscope enhancement – one that would do this merge in near real-time, so you could look at specimens in near-realtime and get the same depth of field.  If someone hasn't already done this, I'll bet they will soon...