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This is great!!! Diatoms are one of those cool little facets of nature that I would hazard most people don't know about. My favorite images of them are from e
by jcims 2y ago
This is great!!! Diatoms are one of those cool little facets of nature that I would hazard most people don't know about.
My favorite images of them are from electron microscopes. They look like biological crystals or something.
https://www.google.com/search?q=diatom+sem&udm=2 https://www.google.com/search?q=diatom+sem&udm=2
I used to have a link to a collection of them but can't find it. Yes this is a pinterest link lol
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/beautiful-sem-image-of-a-diatom-collection--345580971380493436/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/beautiful-sem-image-of-a-diato...
While you're at it, check out snowflakes under a SEM.
https://www.google.com/search?q=snowflake+sem&udm=2 https://www.google.com/search?q=snowflake+sem&udm=2
- radlad 2y agoAlong a similar vein (though not diatoms), I must recommend Art Forms in Nature by Ernst Haeckel.
- trebeljahr 2y agoErnst Häckel created some of the most beautiful art ever and a conversation about his work is funnily enough how this whole little diatom post project got started :)
- saagarjha 2y agoI think a lot of people are familiar with diatomaceous earth, though maybe not what's in it.
- jcims 2y agoYep!!! I'd heard of it for years and it blew my mind when I realized they were connected.