These microscopic images of plants reveal beautiful and pyschedlic patterns

Underneath a microscope, plant stems can become beautiful works of art. Professor Rob Kesseler has shown this through his photographs of plant cells magnified to display extraordinary patterns.

Kesseler, chair of arts, design and science at the University of the Arts London, is fascinated with these patterns and has been studying plant cells for 10 years.

When placed under a microscope, a primrose stem becomes an explosion of pink and yellow, and an orchid stem reveals a mosaic of purple dots. Kesseler composes multiple pictures, sometimes as many as 500, to get a full image.