On our fourth day for our science course, Exploring the Microcosm, we looked at the pollen of a periwinkle under the foldscope at 3 different magnifications, 50x, 140x and 340x. The cells were translucent, with slightly blackish cell walls. They were coffee bean shaped, and had a line down their center and a round shaped structure in the middle. Preparing this sample was fairly easy, as by now, I&#x27;d understood how to prepare pollen samples properly. <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/post_media%2Fh6B4wAPH0XYYUqtNwTsrC5cUn1I3%2Fnopid%2Fn0jm2k4tmu_ggb.JPG?alt=media&amp;token=cdd0aef2-dbe5-4bb2-964c-b97bcf542dc8"/> This is how it looked like at 50x magnification. <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/post_media%2Fh6B4wAPH0XYYUqtNwTsrC5cUn1I3%2Fnopid%2Fbclb7in8mc_gfng.JPG?alt=media&amp;token=b4763d3d-6b42-4a22-8d5a-ad2ae036987f"/> How it looked like at 140x magnification. <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/post_media%2Fh6B4wAPH0XYYUqtNwTsrC5cUn1I3%2Fnopid%2Fekxs7jag6g_fgbnt.JPG?alt=media&amp;token=90011326-cc2c-4d0f-be32-fbeec4bd0d5d"/> At 340x magnification.

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