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Gatlinburg TN Wildfire Through the Microscope

Carbon Coated Phytoliths

This is from an environmental tapelift collected after the Gatlinburg Fire of 2016.

Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarizers and Reflected Darkfield Illumination

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