Magnified View of a Green Blade of Grass

May 27, 2019 • 9:56 PM UTC

Los Angeles County, CA, USA

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The image shows a magnified view of a green blade of glass. You can see a number of horizontal lines and squares organized in a grid-like configuration. To me, this suggests that the image shows either plant cells OR general highly organized plant “tissue”

The sample (right image below) was collected at 2:22 pm on 5/27/2019 at the California Institute of Technology, outside of Ruddock House (1320 San Pasqual St, Pasadena, CA 91106). It was taken from a patch of grass near the curb (left image below). I plucked a blade of grass from the ground to obtain the sample.