Algae on my balcony

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:09 pm

This is Vancouver. Like taxes and death, never ending rain is a fact of life here. In the winter algae starts growing everywhere water collects. Here are two photos of what I have found in this water sample.

20140111-DSLR_IMG_0480.jpg by pwnell, on Flickr
Algae on balcony,40x, FLUO-C4

This one reminds me of a water melon.

20140111-DSLR_IMG_0500.jpg by pwnell, on Flickr
Algae on balcony,40x, FLUO-C4 (cropped)

NileRed · Post by **NileRed** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 1:52 pm

Nice pictures! What is the cell component responsible for green (or might be blue with green barrier filter) autofluorescence in second picture?

Roman

P.S. Yes, my first impression was watermelon too.

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 1:54 pm

Thanks. Not sure what it is... I neglected to take a DIC photo. You are right, with a lower wavelength emission filter the auto fluorescence is indeed blue:

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 10:18 pm

Nice pictures!

Rogelio

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:33 am

Great