Pretty Cool Pictures of tiny stuff

Here is a link I just found on a news web site.


[url]http://slideshow.nbcnews.com/slideshow/news/nikon-small-world-2013-53405764[/url]


It shows some tiny creatures that were photographed while viewed under a microscope. I found this interesting. I used some of these techniques in the past to take pictures of small things that I was viewing under a microscope. It's called Photo-microscopy. I used this technique to view small particles of air pollutants that I captured on a fiberglass 8" x 10" filter that had ambient air pulled though the filter for 24 hours at a high volume. I was looking to see what type of particles were being captured on the filters. This in turn told me what's in the air pollution and potentially where the particles came from. I was part of a team of scientists that were studying the air pollution problems in a big city in Indiana.

Some of the pictures show tiny bugs that may live in the waters you and I fish. These are the tiny bugs that the small minnows and fish eat for dinner. These phytoplankton organisms help form the lower part of the food chain in a body of water.

Increasing levels of phosphates in a lake can enhance the growth and reproduction of many of these small plants and animals that live in the lakes that you and I fish.

Very cool! Some of the pics from the other year like the one of the coral sand really impressed me.

Very very nice indeed..

[QUOTE=Moveon;523616]Here is a link I just found on a news web site.


[url]http://slideshow.nbcnews.com/slideshow/news/nikon-small-world-2013-53405764[/url]


It shows some tiny creatures that were photographed while viewed under a microscope. I found this interesting. I used some of these techniques in the past to take pictures of small things that I was viewing under a microscope. It's called Photo-microscopy. I used this technique to view small particles of air pollutants that I captured on a fiberglass 8" x 10" filter that had ambient air pulled though the filter for 24 hours at a high volume. I was looking to see what type of particles were being captured on the filters. This in turn told me what's in the air pollution and potentially where the particles came from. I was part of a team of scientists that were studying the air pollution problems in a big city in Indiana.

Some of the pictures show tiny bugs that may live in the waters you and I fish. These are the tiny bugs that the small minnows and fish eat for dinner. These phytoplankton organisms help form the lower part of the food chain in a body of water.

Increasing levels of phosphates in a lake can enhance the growth and reproduction of many of these small plants and animals that live in the lakes that you and I fish.[/QUOTE]

I was wondering how you knew so much about the shad/bait issue discussed on the fishin board :) . Makes perfect sense now.........

I love the technical aspect of your posts.......I rarely understand most of it......... :)

Later,

Geo

thats alright my friend, thanks for sharing.

There were some interesting cases of symbiotic relationships on NPR several weeks ago. Its interesting, and to some eye opening, but there are skeptics of course.