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Scanning electron micrograph--pollen

photo 94a

Here’s a pollen grain magnified 700 times. This process includes putting the pollen grain in a vacuum. Because of this the grain was deformed slightly, but it still is a great picture.

photo 94b

This is another wheat pollen grain, but it is magnified 900 times. You can see the crease that makes it look like it is frowning, which I believe is due to the vacuum.

 

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