Above is a detailed photograph of the Red Seaweed Martensia specimen at a 40x magnification. The photo was taken by Dr. John Huisman of Murdoch University, in Western Australia. The technique used in taking the picture is called bright-field and after researching what that was I discovered the popular microscopy technique is used to transmit white light and the contrast is caused by the absorbance of light in dense areas. The arrangement of cells in the specimen is very organized. It makes me wonder, are all samples as organized as something like this? What is this seaweed specimen composed of?
It's crazy to think that cells are this organized and how using certain microscopy techniques you can get a picture like this.
ReplyDeleteIt is cool that the arrangement of cells in seaweed is so intricate and that people are able to take pictures of something like cells that are so small.
ReplyDeleteI agree I think it is fascinating how the cells are arranged so perfectly in line. I think that it is interesting that the technique bright-field was both used to take a photo this magnified and detailed and a photo like the embryo of a chameleon like I posted.
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