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Woolsey Fire Smoke Debris Under the Microscope

Insect Debris

This is from an environmental tapelift collected in a home exposed to the Woolsey Fire in Southern California. This shows fragments of an insect including part of the eye. This is not from the fire.

Transmitted Off Crossed Circular Polarized Light and Reflected Darkfield Illumination

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