Diatom - Iconella hibernica (Campylodiscus hibernicus)

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Bernd
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Diatom - Iconella hibernica (Campylodiscus hibernicus)

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This is a stack of 87 images taken with a Zeiss Plan-Neofluar 20x/0,50, Optovar 1,6x, DIC of a living specimen of the diatom Iconella hibernica, previously Campylodiscus hibernicus, collected recently in the river Main close to Frankfurt, Germany.

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Re: Diatom - Iconella hibernica (Campylodiscus hibernicus)

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Lovely! Any possibility to see this stack in stereo?

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Re: Diatom - Iconella hibernica (Campylodiscus hibernicus)

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I love these things. I think of them as the Potato Chip diatom.

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Re: Diatom - Iconella hibernica (Campylodiscus hibernicus)

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Congrats on the award, and well done! I bet it was hard to get such a clean stack.

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