What is this?

[Donw]

I've found a few of these lately.

I've watched them for a couple of hours, but haven't noticed any movement or changes.

Any ideas?

[Gerald Helbig]

Hello,

I don´t know the english word for this. In german "Sternhaar". Please look her:

http://www.mikroskopie-forum.de/index.php?topic=5961.0

and

http://www.mikroskopie-forum.de/index.php?topic=5077.0
(at the end of the thread)

Best regards

Gerald

[Cactusdave]

In English this is a stellate hair from a plant leaf. Made from silica they are very durable and often turn up in water samples.

[Donw]

I don´t know the english word for this. In german "Sternhaar". Please look her:

OK! 'Sternhaar' translates in to 'Star Hair', which, when searched with google produces pictures of 'Star's Hair'....pick your star! They are all there!


Searching for 'Sternhaar' gets me a few nice images, but they are all german websites, and google keeps translating 'Sternhaar' into 'star hair'.

Look people: I found this thing in America...specifically, the USA. I can't believe I'm the first person in the new world to see one of these....

This shot was done in DF, and (as you can see) is a stack.

Thanks for your help, Gerald.

Cactusdave comes to the rescue, just as I was about to post this.

OK. Thank You all! Now I know!

[Gerald Helbig]

In English this is a stellate hair from a plant leaf. Made from silica they are very durable and often turn up in water samples.

Dave,

thanks for the translation. I searched for the right word but was not successfull.

Gerald