The images of the current outbreak of the new coronavirus have so far been very human: air travelers wearing masks, tourists stranded on cruise ships, medical workers wearing protective suits.

Electron microscopist Elizabeth Fischer has captured stunning images of the emerging viruses that cause Ebola, MERS, and now COVID-19.

New images from the CDC show the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus in samples taken from the first American case ...More of COVID-19. Coronavirus particles are artificially colored in blue.

The images, one taken on April 13 and the other on April 19, 2019, show how dramatically the number of boats within the Italian city’s main thoroughfare has reduced since the Covid-19 crisis began.

One of the coronavirus’s proteins, called Nsp3, folds into a tunnel, which then plugs itself into the membranes. New coronavirus RNA strands, in green, build up inside chambers created by the virus.