Prinesh Mistry

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 A video of a pond water sample with an organism moving between plant bits. Because of the movement I expect it to be of Eukaryota.What does it eat? We could take wider view and attempt to track it throughout its behavior. How does it propel itself? For this we would need greater magnification. I expect the organism to be on the order of microns.


 Scooped from the top tier of the turtle pond, Caltech campus, 4/10/19, 6:20pm. #caltechbi1

Pond Water Organism

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 The flower the pollen was taken from
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 The pollen are largish round balls. The foldscope image shows the pollen held together by some other clear structure.


 The pollen was taken from one of the red flowers pictured at 11:07pm PDT from a bush in the Athenaeum parking lot, 551 S Hill Ave, Pasadena CA 91106. The flower was removed and then right before imaging the stamen were removed and then pollen was shaken onto the foldscope slide. A lamp was used as the backlight.


 The balls may be 1 or many pollen, I did not see any that were broken up from a quick sweep. To deduce this I would crush the pollen and see if it subdivides. I am not sure what the structure is holding the pollen together is. I would see if other plants have similar structures or examine the stamen itself and see how it attaches the pollen.


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Red flowering bush pollen

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 A large cluster of the pollen, still held together.
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 A picture of the plant the flower came from
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 Pollen from a small yellow flower taken from the Athenaeum parking lot, Pasadena, CA, at 3am 5/31/2019. The flower was picked and then pollen was brushed off onto a glass slide and a lamp was used as the backlight.


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Yellow Flower Pollen

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 Picture of the pollen
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 Picture of the plant
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 Pollen from a pink flower taken from the Athenaeum parking lot, Pasadena, CA, at 3am 5/31/2019. The flower was picked and then pollen was brushed off onto a glass slide and a lamp was used as the backlight. The pollen is round and tends to clump up.


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Pink Flower Pollen

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 Image of the almond shaped pollen
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 Image of the plant
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 Pollen from a purple flower taken from the Athenaeum parking lot, Pasadena, CA, at 3am 5/31/2019. The flower was picked and then pollen was brushed off onto a glass slide and a lamp was used as the backlight. The pollen is small and almond shaped.


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Purple Flower Pollen

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 Anther from a small pink flower taken from the Athenaeum parking lot, Pasadena, CA, at 3am 5/31/2019. The flower was picked and then the anther was was broken off onto a glass slide and a lamp was used as the backlight. The anther has been crushed so one can see the pollen peeking out on top.


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Small Pink Flower Anther

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 Picture of the beard
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 Root of a beard hair taken from my beard, Pasadena, CA, at 10:14pm 5/31/2019. The beard hair was picked and then placed onto a glass slide and a lamp was used as the backlight. One can see how the root transitions into the hair portion.


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Pink Flower Pollen

Purple Flower Pollen

Small Pink Flower Anther

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Pond Water Organism

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