Synopsis
The human eye can see extraordinary detail, but the eye of a needle held at arm's length is pretty much at the limit of our vision. Anything smaller is simply invisible, at least to the naked eye.
- Programme: Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds
- Episode: Off The Scale
- Channel: BBC HD
- Broadcast year: 2010
- Science
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