A new technique dubbed virtual nanoscopy can integrate existing electron microscopic imaging technology to visualize an animal completely but also at such a high resolution that you can zoom in and see it on a cellular level.
Here is a zebrafish that you can zoom into and explore like Google Maps.
http://v.jcb-dataviewer.glencoesoftware.com/webclient/img_detail/201/
http://gizmodo.com/5932827/this-281+gigapixel-image-depicts-an-entire-animal-at-the-cellular-level
http://jcb.rupress.org/content/198/3/271.full.pdf+html
That is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I freaking love technology sometimes.
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