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#1 Post by rnabholz » Sun Sep 18, 2016 8:48 pm

Some shots from the last couple of days. The Lake Michigan slides continue to produce interesting forms. My best effort at ID, but always open to correction, confirmation or conversation.

First up is two different looks at Fragilaria socia. Two illumination schemes and two individuals.

****UPDATE**** I now believe these to be Synedra goulardi. I realized that the size was incorrect for Fragilaria. Sorry for the misinformation, ID is still an exercise for me.

More info here: http://westerndiatoms.colorado.edu/taxa ... a_goulardi
Fragilaria socia 90µm
Fragilaria socia 90µm
Fragilaria socia 1428.JPG (84.39 KiB) Viewed 4458 times
Fragilaria socia 100µm
Fragilaria socia 100µm
Fragilaria socia 1444.JPG (56.75 KiB) Viewed 4458 times

Next is Gomphonema minuta, details here: http://westerndiatoms.colorado.edu/taxa ... eis_minuta
Gomphonema minuta 90µm
Gomphonema minuta 90µm
Gomphoneis minuta 1439.JPG (83.62 KiB) Viewed 4458 times
Lastly a broken Ellerbeckia arenaria, that caught my eye.
Broken Ellerbackia arenaria
Broken Ellerbackia arenaria
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#2 Post by JimT » Sun Sep 18, 2016 9:26 pm

Rod, those are great "odds and ends".

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#3 Post by c-krebs » Sun Sep 18, 2016 9:49 pm

They all look great. Something especially appealing to me about the second image.

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#4 Post by mrsonchus » Sun Sep 18, 2016 10:05 pm

As Jim said - pretty impressive 'odds & ends' you have there my friend!
I particularly like image #3 - the 'mother ship and satellites' - lovely imaging.

Nicely done. :D :)
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#5 Post by rnabholz » Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:37 pm

JimT wrote:Rod, those are great "odds and ends".
Thank you Jim

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#6 Post by rnabholz » Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:40 pm

c-krebs wrote:They all look great. Something especially appealing to me about the second image.
Thank you Charles. For as much information as Phase can deliver, the colors can be a bit too much at times, so darkfield can have a certain elegance.

Thanks for commenting.

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#7 Post by rnabholz » Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:43 pm

mrsonchus wrote:As Jim said - pretty impressive 'odds & ends' you have there my friend!
I particularly like image #3 - the 'mother ship and satellites' - lovely imaging.

Nicely done. :D :)
Thank you John.

I constantly see "space" images when looking at these diatoms. Galaxies, nebula, flying saucers.

Thanks

Rod

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#8 Post by zzffnn » Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:57 pm

Very nice, Rod.

#1 and #2 look like high performance kayak to my eyes.

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#9 Post by rnabholz » Mon Sep 19, 2016 1:15 am

zzffnn wrote:Very nice, Rod.

#1 and #2 look like high performance kayak to my eyes.
Thanks zz

Kayaks, spaceships, sub sandwich, depends on your personal situation i guess..... ;^)

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#10 Post by KurtM » Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:15 am

All are exceedingly nice images, love 'em!
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#11 Post by rnabholz » Mon Sep 19, 2016 1:09 pm

Thank you Kurt.

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#12 Post by vasselle » Mon Sep 19, 2016 3:46 pm

Très belle série images.
Merci pour le partage
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#13 Post by 75RR » Tue Sep 20, 2016 1:38 am

Very nice detail.

Like the shape of the Gomphonema minuta - such asymmetry makes it special

****UPDATE**** I now believe these to be Synedra goulardi. I realized that the size was incorrect for Fragilaria. Sorry for the misinformation, ID is still an exercise for me.
Given my knowledge of diatoms if you had told me it was a Gorgonzola I would have believed you. :)
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#14 Post by gekko » Tue Sep 20, 2016 12:40 pm

All are, to my eyes, both very beautiful and show excellent detail. Thank you for sharing them.

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#15 Post by rnabholz » Tue Sep 20, 2016 12:56 pm

Thank you Seb and Gekko.
75RR wrote:Very nice detail.

Like the shape of the Gomphonema minuta - such asymmetry makes it special

****UPDATE**** I now believe these to be Synedra goulardi. I realized that the size was incorrect for Fragilaria. Sorry for the misinformation, ID is still an exercise for me.
Given my knowledge of diatoms if you had told me it was a Gorgonzola I would have believed you. :)
I agree about the asymmetry, and this was a pretty big dog too.

Given my knowledge of diatoms, I may accidentally throw in some cheese nomenclature....

Thanks.

Rod

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