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Old 03-14-2012, 03:59 PM
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Default Water fleas and springtime blooms.

I don't think this is an awesome picture:


But it gives you context for this:

Which I really like.

The pond water I collected last night had lots of these colonies of single cells algae, which I thought were Volvox, but now I'm thinking they're some species of Synura. Unfortunately, they were fast moving and hard to focus on, so I got some unusual results.

This is a tiny colony. Ultimately, this is a bad picture which I think looks more interesting than accurate.


And a bigger colony at a higher magnification and even worse results.


Again, not very good but interesting. It should have looked more like this:
http://www.dr-ralf-wagner.de/Bilder/Synura_uvella.jpg

I wonder about these colonies and how long I'll see them. I typically see large numbers of these colonies in early spring, but then they're much less prevalent later. Considering that it's supposed to be in the mid-70s all week, I wonder if it'll be too warm too soon for these colonies.
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Old 03-14-2012, 04:06 PM
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This is a tiny colony. Ultimately, this is a bad picture which I think looks more interesting than accurate.
It's cool just as an abstract image from nature, I think.
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Old 03-14-2012, 07:32 PM
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That second pic is definitely avatar material. Beautiful!
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