Sun god? Never seen this before

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Sun god? Never seen this before

#1 Post by Rossf » Wed May 19, 2021 6:32 am

Hi peeps-From worm farm-I focused past it to show its propellor like structure which I can’t work out is it flagella or more a spinning ameboid type arrangement-any ideas folks
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https://vimeo.com/552272828/018abb0c8b

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#2 Post by MichaelG. » Wed May 19, 2021 6:52 am

Sorry, I can’t identify it ... But, unless you confined it very cleverly, I am astonished that it ‘held that pose’ for you.

Please tell/show us more !

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#3 Post by 75RR » Wed May 19, 2021 8:03 am

Zeiss Standard WL (somewhat fashion challenged) & Wild M8
Olympus E-P2 (Micro Four Thirds Camera)

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#4 Post by Rossf » Wed May 19, 2021 9:12 am

It’s a real mixture isn’t it?-the petals that make it look like a drawing of the sun-a bit diatomish-but has those spines behind it-a sqiirming cytoplasmic middle and that weird propellor-it did seem like it was treading water-always something new to see-that’s why I keep my camera permanently mounted!
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#5 Post by Sir » Wed May 19, 2021 11:14 am

This takes the cake for the coolest microbe I've seen all year, what a find! :D

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#7 Post by Rossf » Wed May 19, 2021 1:41 pm

lagoonatic I think you’re spot on-boy that page link was dense reading! After a hard day in the garden, past my bedtime and consuming 2 White Russians, not a lot of it went in the ol’noggin-I thought I read in that page it hasn’t been documented in the Southern Hemisphere-but I found one down under!
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#8 Post by MichaelG. » Wed May 19, 2021 2:45 pm

Some amazing stills from Charles Krebs, here:
http://www.photomacrography1.net/forum/ ... 36eeada05c

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#9 Post by Rossf » Wed May 19, 2021 10:35 pm

MichealG good link-amazing photos-it’s definitely these types of organisms that absolutely shine in DIC, and possibly complex oblique like VAC and that gradient/oblique stick. Gonna buy some polarising sheets and start doing some experimenting..
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P.S look what coming my way in the post! Now on the hunt for auxiliary lenses…
Will have to sweet talk my twin nephews into letting me borrow their iPods for a day….
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#10 Post by MichaelG. » Wed May 19, 2021 11:24 pm

Nice !!

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