In this work we apply femtosecond (fs) microscopy to a solid target (aluminum and copper) irradiated at relativistic intensity ( I_pu ≥ 2 × 10¹⁸ W/cm²) by high-contrast (≥ 1 : 10^-9), obliquely-incident ([special characters omitted] = 45°), P- and S-polarized pump pulses (λ_pu = 0.8 μm, 35 fs) focused to a wavelength-scale spot size (w ₀ = 0.8 μm). Under these conditions, radiation and hot electrons are the dominant carriers of energy out of the initially photo-excited volume. The mean free paths governing both transport processes exceed the spot size w₀, opening the study of ballistic transport of energy into surrounding target material. This femtosecond microscopy experiment, with [special characters omitted] pump spot, is well-suited to observe the initial stages, and the radial dimension, of such non-local transport directly on any target material. The physics of this transport is relevant to fast ignition of laser fusion, to generation of ultrashort pulsed x-rays and relativistic proton and ion beams, and to astrophysics. The experimental interaction volume may be small enough that the entire experiment is amenable to large-scale particle-in-cell simulations.