Diatoms at the school lab

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 2:43 am

Although I'm not a true beginner

, I think this is the adequate forum:
This one was shot at my school lab. The microscope was set up by a 14 yr old boy following my instructions.
Details: Oly CH chinese clone microscope. 40X achromat obj., 10X eyepiece, oblique illumination whith Mathias wedge. Nokia phone 2Mpx camera hand held.

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:00 pm

Not bad for a phone camera image. Are the little square things the diatoms?

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:33 am

Mitch640 wrote:Are the little square things the diatoms?

Yes, you can see, arranged in diagonal near the green alga, three and half living diatoms with its brown-golden chloroplasts, and a dead one. It's a freshwater sample.