Surirella, Pinnularia and Cymbella are beautifully sounding names for creatures so strange and elegant it is hard to believe they actually really exist. These creatures are Diatoms! Diatoms are covered in a layer of hardened silicon dioxide. You might say they live in a glass cage. The material their shells are made if is closer to opal. Diatoms are essentially living gem stones! These microbes are carbon based, of course, but they are the closest creature in existence to silicon based life.
Micro Footage shot with Nikon Z9 on Olympus BX53 Microscope.
Used Contrast Methods: DIC, Darkfield
Water Drop Footage shot on Fuji XH2S.
All footage shot by Benedikt Pleyer (Nomadic Nostoc)
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3 фев 2023
