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Article written by: duddy on May 4, 2014



Title: Here's what you get when you swallow seawater
Written by: duddy on May 4, 2014

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This is a single drop of seawater, magnified 25 times. The amazing image shows bacteria, worms, fish eggs, crab larva, diatoms, and much more. Think about THAT next time you swallow a mouthful of seawater.


Comments:

I wonder how the concentrations vary with sea depth. I'd assume a more concentrated level of plankton as depth increases.

Written by: bio_man on May 9, 2014
This is not a single drop, some of these are a lot smaller than others, this is multiple shots stitched together into one frame, although they are all still found in seawater, you wouldn't see all this with just 25x magnification.

Written by: padre on May 4, 2014