The tongue’s surface is covered with thousands of taste buds and bumps called papillae which give it its rough texture. This is a (disturbing) magnified photograph of that description, taken by a scanning electron microscope. The papillae appear flaky because they constantly shed their top layer of skin. (source)
So blood inside an artery looks like a bag of delicious candy? Yet another image was taken by a scanning electron microscope (seriously, where can we get one of these?): blood cells in a ruptured artery.
This incredible picture taken by biomedical researcher Dr. Gary Greenberg is of sand grains magnified up to 300 times. Dr. Greenberg photographs the natural world with his self-invented high-definition 3D microscope. Prior to obtaining his Ph.D., he worked as a filmmaker and photographer. This is what you build your sandcastles with. (source)