Diatom (microscopic algae) images

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/29af5ca3-68c9-4a3c-a045-5ed7d1d52012/70B88873-FA00-4EFD-9793-35A50773CD07/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/10/15/diatom-paint_zoom0.html?category=technology&guid=20071015130030" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/10/15/diatom-paint_zoom0.html?category=technology&guid=20071015130030" style="font-size: 11px;">dsc.discovery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/10/15/diatom-paint_zoom0.html?category=technology&guid=20071015130030"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dsc.discovery.com/img/7C37D199-2029-4E40-A1C0-ADBC3E47773C" alt="Color Coded" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/10/15/diatom-paint_zoom0.html?category=technology&guid=20071015130030"><P>
			<STRONG>Color Coded
</STRONG>This color-enhanced microscopic image shows a diatom, a tiny, single-celled organism found in oceans, fresh water and soil. Researchers are working to exploit the light-altering properties of diatom shells, for use in commercial products such as paint and cosmetics.
		</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://flickr.com/photos/rocampo/315466389/" href="http://flickr.com/photos/rocampo/315466389/" style="font-size: 11px;">flickr.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://flickr.com/photos/rocampo/315466389/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/flickr.com/img/0B88973D-D494-44A5-888D-32B6A114F6BB" alt="Dozens of diatoms by minorityreport." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://flickr.com/photos/rocampo/315466389/"><DIV>Collection of diatoms. Cells walls of diatoms made of silica. Store food as oil not carbohydrate.</DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://flickr.com/photos/27374664@N07/2554319194/" href="http://flickr.com/photos/27374664@N07/2554319194/" style="font-size: 11px;">flickr.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://flickr.com/photos/27374664@N07/2554319194/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/flickr.com/img/8ACF1C9D-C71C-431C-9FD9-D41AE87B04B3" alt="Diatom by College of the Environment." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://flickr.com/photos/27374664@N07/2554319194/"><DIV class="photoDescription" id="description_div2554319194">Thalassiosira pseudonana – with a hard outer shell of silica shaped like a hatbox and marked with pores – is 3 to 4 microns in size, making it among the smallest diatoms. New insights into how Thalassiosira pseudonana build their shells is being published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (University of Washington) </DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://flickr.com/photos/museumwales/2385069650/comment72157604472092454/" href="http://flickr.com/photos/museumwales/2385069650/comment72157604472092454/" style="font-size: 11px;">flickr.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://flickr.com/photos/museumwales/2385069650/comment72157604472092454/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/flickr.com/img/AD2C71FD-0CE6-48E6-96A5-1D8782CCE246" alt="diatom by MuseumWales." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://flickr.com/photos/museumwales/2385069650/comment72157604472092454/">Diatoms produce a hard silica shell that is often preserved after the animal dies and sinks to the sea floor. Scientists are able to extract diatom shells and use them to investigate past climates</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://flickr.com/photos/ansonmackay/1295781082/comment72157604916389745/" href="http://flickr.com/photos/ansonmackay/1295781082/comment72157604916389745/" style="font-size: 11px;">flickr.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://flickr.com/photos/ansonmackay/1295781082/comment72157604916389745/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/flickr.com/img/5AB1049C-BC55-4718-B7F0-414E4D127B4B" alt="Stephanodiscus grandis by anson mackay." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://flickr.com/photos/ansonmackay/1295781082/comment72157604916389745/">This diatom species was endemic to Lake Baikal, but it is now extinct</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://flickr.com/photos/ceduchess/2074130840/" href="http://flickr.com/photos/ceduchess/2074130840/" style="font-size: 11px;">flickr.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://flickr.com/photos/ceduchess/2074130840/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/flickr.com/img/CF925C77-CD2E-4C32-88C4-3DF47F7C5D0C" alt="Microscopic view of Diatom (cystelli) by C. E. Duchess." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://flickr.com/photos/ethanhein/2278187098/" href="http://flickr.com/photos/ethanhein/2278187098/" style="font-size: 11px;">flickr.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://flickr.com/photos/ethanhein/2278187098/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/flickr.com/img/24722A3F-211B-458C-86C9-E2620CD3122B" alt="Diatoms by Ethan Hein." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://flickr.com/photos/66902809@N00/570828965/" href="http://flickr.com/photos/66902809@N00/570828965/" style="font-size: 11px;">flickr.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://flickr.com/photos/66902809@N00/570828965/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/flickr.com/img/EEBB7108-B29D-4AE6-BEC6-5BEC3F2334C7" alt="Submarine landscape, with micro algae by Ramon Garcia Duran." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://flickr.com/photos/rockbandit/169058743/comment72157604472436524/">Diatom Layer</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/70B88873-FA00-4EFD-9793-35A50773CD07/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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