Pond Water

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In this sample of water from the Caltech Turtle Pond (collected 4/8/19 around 7pm in plastic cups), we can see many unicellular, circular organism, albeit a bit unfocused/blurry. (I’ll try to get better with the foldscope lol.) I suspect the organisms are microalgae, which are ~3μm according to a quick Google search c;

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