Anaglyphs: Geminivirus in 3D

This image is an anaglyph in which a stereo image pair is combined into a single image using colour to separate the two views. To see the 3D stereo effect, you will need to use red green colour filter glasses (red for your left eye and green for your right eye). Such glasses can be obtained from your optometrist or specialty supplier. It is worth obtaining high quality anaglyphic glasses to achieve the best possible sense of depth. Cheap filters can often be found in novelty 3-D books. SEE HOW ANAGLYPHS ARE MADE.

Geminiviruses are unusual plant viruses whose outer shell comprise two partial icosahedra joined together. This twinned capsid explains why they are called gemini (twins). Genome is ss DNA (shown as a barbell type density across both halves of the shell).

See a 3D image pair of this geminivirus. With thanks to Ed Rybicki.