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Chicken Feather Fragment Through the Microscope

Feather Fragment

This is a fragment of a feather barb with barbules from an environmental tapelift collected in an office. This is chicken down from padding in clothing, pillows, or furniture.

Transmitted Circular Polarized Light

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