I collected this sand crab leg from the exoskeleton of a sand crab I found on Half Moon Bay State Beach earlier today. Because the entire exoskeleton itself was too large to put onto a slide, I removed the lower half of one of the legs because it was much smaller and much flatter. I took this picture a few minutes after finding the crab exoskeleton and preparing the leg for viewing using the foldscope. I thought it was really fascinating how clearly I could see the hairs on the end of the leg using the foldscope. Each of the main hairs is much longer and more defined than I expected it to be, but I did not expect to additionally find a set of smaller hairs layered within the longer ones. I was truly amazed by how detailed of a picture I could capture by simply using my phone and the foldscope. #bio60




 <img alt="crab leg 1" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-24171 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="24171" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone SE","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1493049764","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"25","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"6"}' data-image-title="crab leg 1" data-recalc-dims="1" height="225" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_24157/crab-leg-1.jpeg" width="300"/>
 <img alt="crab leg 3" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-24173 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="24173" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone SE","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1493049719","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"6"}' data-image-title="crab leg 3" data-recalc-dims="1" height="225" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_24157/crab-leg-3.jpeg" width="300"/>
 <img alt="crab leg 2" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-24172 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="24172" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone SE","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1493049760","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"25","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"6"}' data-image-title="crab leg 2" data-recalc-dims="1" height="225" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_24157/crab-leg-2.jpeg" width="300"/>

Leg of a Sand Crab #bio60

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