Down the Microscope Photos

[TheMac86]

Found a few pictures on my computer that I thought would be cool to share. I took these photos in a Biology Lab some semesters ago.

I must say, It was pretty difficult focusing an Iphone camera down a Microscope, but the photos came out pretty clean.

Dinoflagellates a Ceratium sp. -- most of you know about this invasive algae.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/Ofser123/photo7-1.jpg

Platyhelminthes, this was Dugesia sp. also known as Flatworms. These buggers move pretty darn fast. The two black dots that the pointer was focused in on were the photoreceptors that help it detect light.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/Ofser123/photo9.jpg

Diatoms, a variety of shapes and colors.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/Ofser123/photo8-1.jpg

Cyanobacteria
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/Ofser123/photo13.jpg

I forgot the species of this starfish, but here is its gonads and digestive glands that it spits out from its mouth...
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/Ofser123/photo11-1.jpg

And its water respiratory system...actually very complex as water travels through stone canal into the tube feet which help it move.
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/Ofser123/photo12-1.jpg

Something none marine related.....This was interesting, a fellow student brought this sample from his bed. This is actually a mite
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/Ofser123/photo10-1.jpg

[TheGreatAukSociety]

cool

[Gyzpaz]

Yeah...+1^

[lasvegasog]

This is one of the coolest threads on this forum! I am intrigued by the photos!

[brent&kitty4811]

Found after brine shrimp hatched its beginning process of tube worms

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