Good heavens, I've been staring at diatoms as the main course for a few years now, and this is the first time I've ever seen areolae on Pinnularia depicted, SEM imagery or otherwise!

^^^ What he said. Sorry I'm late to the "jaw-dropping party", but got here as fast as I could for these extraordinary diatom images!

Simply breathtaking! Thank you so much!!

Well now, that fairly blew me away! How in the world did you manage that?! SUPER COOL!!!

This has the makings of an exceedingly interesting thread. I can relate to GaryB; in the past I have come up similarly empty with samples taken from around Galveston Bay, but recently have been neatly upstaged by a guy who just happens to be on this forum, who pulled some samples from my very own lo...

Mr. Krebs, must you make ART out of every scientifically valuable image??

Correct answer: why yes, of course!

Fascinating! And so beautiful!! Bravo sir!!!

Serious eye candy going on here! Two of my favorite subjects ... errr, maybe three subjects...?

Excuse me, I'm off to see if I can find the difference between Hydrozoans and Bryozoans.

beautiful! I just love Bryozoans, and these are easily the finest images of them I have ever treated my eyes to.

Cactusdave wrote:You are very fortunate to have that slider 75RR, I'm envious.

+1

A "corker" of an image, I like that. +1 on that too!

Fantastic images, bravo!! (I think it's a very cute & adorable baby crab...)

g4lab, thanks! May be "much ado about nothing." What does it do and how does it work? It's a device that looks a bit like an objective lens, and threads into the nosepiece just like an objective lens. It's spring-loaded, but in the opposite way objective lenses are sometimes spring-loaded, and equip...

eBay item number: 152111943463 Direct eBay auction link: http://tinyurl.com/juyx9c4 I ordered one just like this, have received it, tested it today, and absolutely love it -- I've been wanting something like this for a long time! I know how to use it, but am wondering what makes it work...? I mean, ...

Yep, beautiful images of a beautiful subject - just fascinating!

The last image made a very satisfactory grand finale to the fireworks show the first five put up. A perfectly lovely set!

Absolutely beautiful! Love pollen pics, and really dig stereos. Thanks for posting!!