Zeiss Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 120µm, stacked in Photoshop, prepared slide Pleurax

Zeiss Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 80µm, stacked in Photoshop, prepared slide Pleurax

Zeiss Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 90µm, stacked in Photoshop, prepared slide Pleurax

Amazing images

Image (taken in the evening) is of the marina where I collect the majority of my marine samples. Note the Pillars of Hercules in the distance - Jebel Musa (Morocco) and the Rock of Gibraltar (Europe) I do this by pulling up the ropes that are tied to buoys, small boats or simply left dangling in the...

The railroad-track structure that I see in figure 5-d looks qualitatively like what I see in your images. But there is a significant scale difference, about 4 railroad-ties per micron in the paper versus 2 ties per micron in your marked up illustration. I agree. I am going to assume it is my calcul...

That is an interesting project you are working on. Enjoyed it. Wonder if a little more editing, as in less scrolling (i.e. fade in to each diatom) would enhance the viewing. Had to look up all the equipment you are using. I am very behind the times! P.S. Great sound track Making the most of your que...

The railroad-track structure that I see in figure 5-d looks qualitatively like what I see in your images. But there is a significant scale difference, about 4 railroad-ties per micron in the paper versus 2 ties per micron in your marked up illustration. I agree. I am going to assume it is my calcul...

Scarodactyl wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 01, 2023 3:12 pm

That's a location on your hard drive, not a link.

Corrected. Thanks

Following Beatsy's query on resolution, I looked for some SEM images of Striatella unipunctata in order to see what there was was to be seen ;) Page 92 Fig. 5-d (see link below) would seem to indicate that the beading is perhaps more of an artifact than not. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Large square is 10µm and small one is 1µm
Drawn in Illustrator, lines are 0.5 point. Image is screen shot.
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Detail at 100%

Zeiss Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 145µm width, 2 stacks stitched in Photoshop, Marine sample, Alboran Sea

Same slide as Actinocyclus sp.
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Zeiss Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 90µm, stacked in Photoshop, Marine sample, Alboran Sea
Frustule was empty, crushed accidentally while attempting to pin another diatom
ID is rather tentative

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Here is a visual representation
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