a marine Copepod

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:06 am

This calanoid Copepod (600 µm long) was a fast swimmer. (You can see the colour of its muscles in polarized light).
Obj 20x DIC, without any eyepiece, stack with 5 pictures

Franz

abpho · Post by **abpho** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:15 am

Nice colour. Is that natural or added after the fact?

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:41 am

Hello abpho!

The colour is produced by the polarized light. Charles published 2007 wonderful pictures under the title: "Micro-muscles" made visible by polarized light. (BTW: I dont know how to copy this link. I was trying it).

Franz