I never thought a small simple glass slide could carry so much weight (not physically but of knowledge). It seemed as if it held an entire library inside it.
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(50 x)
This is the fern rhizome at 50x magnification. When I first saw it, I was filled with questions! What is a peanut doing inside? What are these circular figure? How have the colors been separated so beautifully? ….
But before I talk more about these questions, let me show you these;
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This is in 140 x. A closer look at it. There are hexagonal shapes that looked like circles in the 50x magnitude. The color pigments now looked even more beautiful.
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This one uses the 340x magnification lens. In this the red structure is more clearly visible.
The foldscope has helped me so much to identify the different parts of a cell or even a thing layer of it!
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