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House Dust Under the Microscope

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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