Microscopic Photography - Gabbro

Kamen Engel is a Christchurch-based geologist and photographer. He captures these beautiful images by photographing paper-thin slices of rock through a microscope, revealing a hidden world of minerals. The final product is actually composed of many (often hundreds) of smaller images seamlessly stitched together to produce a kaleidoscopic glimpse into what our eyes can't normally see. 

Gabbro is a type of rock that forms within magma chambers deep within the Earth. Because they cool and solidify slowly, the crystals grow large, giving them the blocky shapes we see here.

• A4 unframed photographic print