Comment by jcims

Comment by jcims a year ago

This is great!!! Diatoms are one of those cool little facets of nature that I would hazard most people don't know about.

My favorite images of them are from electron microscopes. They look like biological crystals or something.

I used to have a link to a collection of them but can't find it. Yes this is a pinterest link lol

While you're at it, check out snowflakes under a SEM.

johnmaguire a year ago

Along a similar vein (though not diatoms), I must recommend Art Forms in Nature by Ernst Haeckel.

trebeljahr a year ago

Ernst Häckel created some of the most beautiful art ever and a conversation about his work is funnily enough how this whole little diatom post project got started :)

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saagarjha a year ago

I think a lot of people are familiar with diatomaceous earth, though maybe not what's in it.

jcims a year ago

Yep!!! I'd heard of it for years and it blew my mind when I realized they were connected.

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