Paramecium Contractile Vacuole

[sinabro]

100x objective + dic

[Javier]

Wow, that is an amazing footage!

Do you happen to have a lower magnification image of the same vacuole?

After watching this type of videos I wonder about the point of recording videos with my scope and my phone.

[smollerthings]

Amazing. Life is really an active process. I captured some death scenes in the microcosmos and it amazes me how fast the osmotic pressure equilibrium fails after death.

After watching this type of videos I wonder about the point of recording videos with my scope and my phone.

Cause your videos are awesome!

[Javier]

Thanks, you are most kind. I guess the point should be to register my observations, share and learn from them. I do think microscopy offers opportunities to newbies with basic equipment to register very interesting events. That being said, after watching videos like the OP shared... well, it makes my wonder!

[sinabro]

Thanks, Javier, smollerthings.

from wikipedia ==> "After the canals fill with water, the water is pumped into the vacuole. When the vacuole is full, it expels the water through a pore in the cytoplasm which can be opened and closed."

a pore in the cytoplasm which can be opened and closed ???

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