Micro Photography

Crysotile asbestos

Scanning electron micrograph of 5-Fold symmetry in crysotile asbestos. Magnification on the 5'x4' transparency = X 600, 000. Credit to the Natural History Museum and Barbara Cressey of the University of Southampton. Date:

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

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Gyrodactylus, aquatic parasite

Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a monogenean, Gyrodactylus, a small leech-like parasite on the skin of a salmon (x 600). Date:

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

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SEM of echinoderm steroem

A SEM of an example of stereom of an echinoderm (phylum which consists of 5 classes including starfish). Stereom is the structure formed by the fine networks of calcium carbonate which constitute the endoskeleton. Date:

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