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Goodwin Fire Particles Through the Microscope

Goodwin Fire Particles

This is from an environmental tapelift collected in a barn near the Goodwin fire in Arizona, 2017. The particle is not charred but illustrates the source of some of the charred particles. This is one of the plume hairs of an achene.

Transmitted Crossed Circular Polarized Light and Reflected Darkfield Illumination

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