Comment by jcims

Comment by jcims 10 months 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 10 months ago

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

trebeljahr 10 months 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 :)

Reply View | 0 replies

saagarjha 10 months ago

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

jcims 10 months ago

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

Reply View | 0 replies