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Water Bear - Tardigrade

Description:

Observed under 100x magnification. Hardest picture I have ever taken with my iPhone.

Habitat:

Small collection of water drained from a commercial air-con unit.

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10 Comments

medusasnakes123
medusasnakes123 9 years ago

Such interesting creatures

TaylorRobertson
TaylorRobertson 9 years ago

I believe you are seeing the pointer that is inside the eyepiece of the microscope.

TaylorRobertson
TaylorRobertson 10 years ago

Didn't even notice I had done that.

TaylorRobertson
TaylorRobertson 10 years ago

Thanks stupid phone.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

..oh also 'Tardigrade' not 'Tartigrade' 8-)

TaylorRobertson
TaylorRobertson 10 years ago

Thanks. Will do!!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Great find. I'm still trying to get good shots of these. You might consider adding this to the microscopic life mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1016...

MaryThompson
MaryThompson 10 years ago

These are so cool! Great shot!

TaylorRobertson
TaylorRobertson 10 years ago

Thanks

Mohamedation
Mohamedation 10 years ago

well done :clap:

TaylorRobertson
Spotted by
TaylorRobertson

Boaz, Alabama, USA

Spotted on Jun 6, 2013
Submitted on Jun 7, 2013

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