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 I took a cucumber slice from the dining hall and observed a side peel (with the outer green layer on side) under the foldscope. A network of cells can be seen but they are not very clear under the low-magnification lens. As cucumber is 90% water, many water droplets could be observed too.
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 <img alt="cucumber1" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-24075 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="24075" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="cucumber1" data-recalc-dims="1" height="300" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_24074/cucumber1.png" width="275"/>
 <img alt="cucumber2" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-24076 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="24076" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="cucumber2" data-recalc-dims="1" height="300" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_24074/cucumber2.png" width="256"/>
 <img alt="cucumber peel1" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-24077 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="24077" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="cucumber peel1" data-recalc-dims="1" height="300" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_24074/cucumber-peel1.png" width="230"/>
 <img alt="cucumber peel3" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-24078 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="24078" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="cucumber peel3" data-recalc-dims="1" height="232" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_24074/cucumber-peel3.png" width="300"/>
 <img alt="cucumber peel4" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-24079 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="24079" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="cucumber peel4" data-recalc-dims="1" height="238" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_24074/cucumber-peel4.png" width="300"/>
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Cucumber #BIO60

Tania Dhaliwal

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