Britain's most spectacular commemoratives, No25: 2000 Mind and Matter 2nd class
This arresting illustration is the work of Wildscreen at-Bristol, an educational charity which became a Millennium Project, working to promote our appreciation of biodiversity through wildlife imagery.
It looks like something out of a science fiction film, but is simply a beautifully lit photograph of the head of an ant, at huge magnification, showing its eyes, antennae, mouth and ‘whiskers’ in the finest detail.
Most eye-catching of all is the smile the ant appears to have as it glares into the lens!
Design: GettyOne Stone.
Printing: gravure by Walsall.
