<p>
 <img alt="CottonGrassFoldcope" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-56751 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="56751" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone SE","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1534332355","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"6"}' data-image-title="CottonGrassFoldcope" data-recalc-dims="1" height="225" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_56750/CottonGrassFoldcope.jpg" width="300"/>
 <figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56752" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_56752" style="width: 300px">
  <img alt="CottonGrassPolarizedFoldscope" class="size-medium wp-image-56752 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="56752" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone SE","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1534332409","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"1600","shutter_speed":"0.066666666666667","title":"","orientation":"6"}' data-image-title="CottonGrassPolarizedFoldscope" data-recalc-dims="1" height="225" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_56750/CottonGrassPolarizedFoldscope.jpg" width="300"/>
  <figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-56752">
   Same tufts with polarizing lenses
  </figcaption>
 </figure>
 <a alt="CottonGrassFoldscope.mov" class="gcloudimg" href="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_56750/CottonGrassFoldscope.mov">
  CottonGrassFoldscope’
 </a>
 <figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-56754" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_56754" style="width: 300px">
  <img alt="CottonGrass" class="size-medium wp-image-56754 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="56754" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone SE","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1533667962","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"40","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="CottonGrass" data-recalc-dims="1" height="225" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_56750/CottonGrass.jpg" width="300"/>
  <figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-56754">
   Cotton grass in the wild!
  </figcaption>
 </figure>
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 The tufts of this sub-arctic plant have been used for wicks in lamps.  Here are some pictures of the tufts under the Foldscope.
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Cotton Grass (Iceland)

Puchina | Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 8:58 PM

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