Gatlinburg TN Wildfire Through the Microscope

Carbon Coated Phytolith

This is from an environmental tapelift collected after the Gatlinburg Fire of 2016. This is a sheet element of a leaf surface with multiple interlocking silica phytoliths.

Reflected Darkfield Illumination

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