Gatlinburg TN Wildfire Through the Microscope

Carbon Coated Phytolith

This is from an environmental tapelift collected after the Gatlinburg Fire of 2016. This shows some of the Burnt clay.

Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarizers and Reflected Darkfield Illumination

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