Actinoptychus diatom

[Ron Neumeyer]

Here is a picture of an interesting concentric diatom from the Dunkirk fossil diatom formation. I believe this is a species of Actinoptychus. (This is a stack of 4 images.)



Nikon D50
Zeiss Photomicroscope II
Zeiss 10x S-Kpl eyepiece
Zeiss Plan-Neofluar multi-immersion phase 25x/0.80
Zeiss achromatic-aplanatic VZ NA 1.4 condenser
Electronic flash – brightfield[/img]

[Ken Ramos]

I never have been able to make much sense of diatoms, they are quite beautiful though, natures jewels as a matter of fact and at one time and maybe still are, they were used in regular toothpaste as a scouring agent. Great image there Ron.

[beetleman]

Ron, this is a very beautiful image. It is simply amazing how such a small creature can be so complicated. Only two posts Welcome to the forums "We want more"