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Old August 11th, 2013 #43
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Pond safari: Photographer captures incredible images of the microscopic creatures found inside a SINGLE drop of water


These slimy creatures may look like aliens from another planet but they are actually the life teeming inside a single drop of pond water.

The colourful organisms were captured using a photography technique called high-definition microscopy in a lab in Ohio by photographer Peter Matulavich.

The pond safari pictures show everything from a single-celled paramecium organism moving through bacteria to a defecating 10mm creature called hydra and a cluster of Euglena Protozoa that are seen in such high numbers they have been known to make entire ponds and puddles appear green or red.

Pond safari: Photographer captures incredible images of the microscopic creatures found inside a SINGLE drop of water | Mail Online