sharing our knowledge.
Photographic gallery.  Thousands of particles under the microscope.
Gatlinburg TN Wildfire  Through the Microscope

Charred Leaf

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 and stomata.

Reflected Darkfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

Significance in the Environment:

Characteristic Features:

Associated Particles:

References: