{"id":4674,"date":"2014-04-13T13:44:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T13:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=4674"},"modified":"2014-04-13T13:51:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T13:51:18","slug":"beautiful-photos-of-microscopic-algae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/beautiful-photos-of-microscopic-algae.html","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful photos of microscopic algae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-71581eb3-4754-aa3b-da42-88472cb683ae\" style=\"text-align: justify\">No, you aren\u2019t looking at images through a kaleidoscope. These mandala-like images show algae at the cellular level in a rare blend of art and science.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Collected by The California Academy of Sciences, these are the most common type of phytoplankton, called diatoms. They are among the smallest organisms on Earth, representing up to\u00a0two million different species, according to the University of Colorado\u2019s Identification Guide and Ecological Resource for Diatoms of the United States.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Diatoms are found in fresh water, salt water, soil and other moist conditions. According to The Huffington Post,\u00a0they date back as far as the Jurassic period. Each diatom measures about 100 to 200 micrometers wide, making it possible for the trippy designs to fit comfortably on the head of a nail.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\">These diatoms were artfully arranged by hobbyists on microscope slides, showing their symmetrical beauty. The California Academy of Sciences has a collection of more than 50,000 diatom specimens.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weather.com\/news\/science\/beautiful-photos-microscopic-algae-20140409\">http:\/\/www.weather.com\/news\/science\/beautiful-photos-microscopic-algae-20140409<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, you aren\u2019t looking at images through a kaleidoscope. These mandala-like images show algae at the cellular level in a rare blend of art and science. Collected by The California Academy of Sciences, these are the most common type of phytoplankton, called diatoms. They are among the smallest organisms on Earth, representing up to\u00a0two million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-algae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4674"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4680,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674\/revisions\/4680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}