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Life Under the Microscope #8

Hi. I haven't posted in a while but after finding some more interesting critters under the microscope, I had to share. This is from a drop of stagnant water. There

Life Under the Microscope #3

Hi again. Here are three more microscope videos. These are from a drop of drain water. Magnification factor x400. The first one shows a huge critter... well, at

Life under the microscope #2

Hi again. A few more microscope videos. The first shows some navicular (boat shaped) diatoms. These are amazing little creatures that have silica skeletons. They

Life under the microscope

Hi. Something other than fractals today. I thought I'd share a couple of microscope videos I took. The first shows paramecium shooting around in a drop of pond slime.