MICROSCOPIC MOVIES
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Slough adjacent to the salt ponds and marshes of Don Edwards Refuge has a periodic uptick in Halobacterium and microscopic algae that thrives in briny water. As the salt level goes up, they get stressed and produce this red color.
The bird picking it's meal at the confluence of blue and the pink salty water makes for a very mesmeric and hypnotic scene.
I did capture a few and will post it later. I hope to have more such encounters and capture a few more of these under such circumstances.
Macro Mondays ~ Chip
Our Daily Challenge ~ Microscopic
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tiny new sprouts coming up after an intentional fire burn... i found a fascinating little world crawling around in the blackened dirt.
much better here
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Protozoan, organism, usually single-celled and heterotrophic (using organic carbon as a source of energy), belonging to any of the major lineages of protists and, like most protists, typically microscopic.
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Time for some fun. Over the past 2 weeks I have been posting various macro and micro images of the lowly dandelion weed and its amazing fine structure. Here is a new photomicrograph, taken at 100x magnification. Can anyone guess what it is? The answer will be revealed tonight in Image #20, which will be of this subject at 1000x magnification :-) . View On Black
The first 13 images in this set show macro images of the dandelion at various stages in its reproductive cycle. The subsequent 12 images in this set of 25 focus on the microscopic structure of this fascinating "weed".
This digitally manipulated photo of prickly pear cacti illustrates the microscopic shit storm we're in. Notice how the spike proteins resemble the more advanced flagela of living microbial life forms!
MRL 262 and 263 lead the 840 local east through Lombard Canyon back when they did that kind of thing. About 10 minutes earlier the ML came through here and we got absolutely cloud boned; cameras were almost thrown off the side of the rim. Luckily, the ape brain got put back into its cage before the grip was released. Imagine doing that and then watching this roll through next.
This use to be a popular spot a few years ago, but I really don't see too many photos any more. Did access get revoked?
Amid the Coronavirus crisis, the world halted.... Nations leaders, scientist and medical communities seems to be handicapped by a microscopic element that is birthed in a time we thought we covered many of the ills we have came to know throughout history, only to find out something like this is new and can still become us.
May God help us all and give us the calamity to persevere this crisis. There is one bright aspect to this Virus. World leaders are no longer focused on wars, politics, power hunger, etc… And human beings are focused on how to survive even by taking the most drastic measures of enforced and self quarantine, brought us all to one common goal and that is how to overcome this crisis. Maybe the birth of this virus was for the sole purpose of taking a break to rethink our priorities.
May God give eternal peace to those who fell victims. RIP!
It takes a microscopic organism to make us see just how intricately woven our human existence has become. For my husbank and I, it's become a daily struggle now to determine what is essential and non-essential when it comes to completing a task that requires human interaction. Being in the over 60 with a history of respiratory issues group, I have to keep reminding myself (and my husband) that it only takes one interaction.
I feel fortunate to have been brought up by a mother who was/is a very frugal and private person. Shelter in place was a lifestyle we practiced often in our childhood due to frequent household moves or social isolation due to being the preacher's kids.
It's time to start pruning the rasperries and fruit trees, remove debris from garden beds, and soak up some sunshine.
These truly microscopic fungi were growing inside a nut shell. The biggest ones are about 1-1.5 mm in height and cap diameter, but appear like proper mushrooms just shrunk to microscopic proportions. Don't know the ID for sure, but it fits the description of Hymenoscyphus fructigenus species that specialises in growing on various nut shells, acorns etc. Amazing world of fungi at any scale! Brown's Folly Nature Reserve, Avon Wildlife Trust. Bathford, near Bath, Somerset, England
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This little Jumping Spider watched me intently as I took its photo. I won't touch this little guy If these spiders feel trapped they can bite through human skin and their sting is painful.
This drake Teal decided to indulge in a simultaneous wing and leg stretch after sitting motionless for some time. It was on a small island and the conditions were just right for a mirror reflection. Even though it was in bright sunshine the angle was wrong to catch the green iridescence in its speculum, which is Latin for mirror and is that shiny patch at the back of the wing. Exactly like the iridescence on a Hummingbird's throat, the speculum just looks black unless you catch it at the right angle. For interest this is the same Teal and you can see the speculum's iridescent green on the closed wing: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/52460114490/in/dateposted/
The colours on a duck's speculum (and a Hummingbird's throat) are not created by pigments like most coloured feathers. The beautiful green iridescence is formed by refraction of light through a microscopically thin transparent layer on the feathers. Light reflects off both the front and back of this layer and the light travels slower through the layer causing minute phase differences in the light which creates colours. Miniscule differences in the thickness of the layers create different colours. The same thing happens with a drop of oil on a puddle. Each rainbow colour is created by tiny differences in the thickness of the oil layer. But if you catch the bird at the wrong angle the colour disappears and the speculum just looks black like this. Incidentally the word iridescence comes from Iris, the personification of the rainbow in Greek mythology. That's why beautifully coloured things like eyes and flowers are named iris.
California State University Fullerton
Biological Sciences Microscopy Lab.
I finally had the opportunity to put my R6 on a Leica microscope. The subject was pond water and I was looking at a slide that was almost dry. It was still awesome to see the shapes and colors left in the drying water drop.
A Christmas Day stroll with the camera I mean family, found this old bit of binder twine with lichen growing on it. I could have spent an age on the old fence posts, but I was holding the rest of the family up, not to worry.
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Microscopic crystals derived from lion pee are illuminated by polarization filters above and below the crystals producing the kaleidoscopic colors. 100 X magnification. In my Tiny Worlds collection
Calathea belongs to a group of tropical plants in the Arrowroot Family Marantaceae. They are popular houseplants due to their varied and decorative foliage and in some species, colorful inflorescences. The common name "prayer plant" comes from the way the foliage on the plants turns upward in the evening like a pair of hands folded in prayer.
Street capture [Kathmandu - Nepal]
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Excerpt from the plaque:
Spider Cave Crayfish
The caves, springs and sinkholes of Florida are home to more than a dozen species of crayfish. The spider cave crayfish is known for its long, spindly legs and extra-long antennae, which are covered with fine hairs. It clings to the underside of rock ledges in streams and wings its antennae to sweep up microscopic organisms floating by.
Algae (microscopic small plants) live in the sea and foam algae is the cause of sea foam. When the colony of foam algae dies, protein is released which is then whipped up by the waves. Like milk from a cappuccino. The amount of foam can be enormous, especially in the spring.
Microscopic crystals derived from the urine of a Lesser Panda
In my Tiny Worlds Collection, these naturally occurring colorless crystals are colored by polarization above and below the sample (Nomarski illumination). They are approximately 250 microns long.