House Dust
This is a close-up of the particles in the center left of
the preceding general field of view. The long fiber is
a wild bird feather barbule. The twisted bright fiber to its left is a tissue fiber.
The brown circular particle to the upper right is a
polyporate pollen grain. other particles include skin flakes, brown humus,
sharp-edged cosmetic flakes, and starch grains.
Transmitted Off Crossed Polarized Light Illumination
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