MICROPLANKTON

A tumble of Arctic coccoliths


Separated plates from the carbonate shell that once covered a one-celled marine plant like a tiny suit of armor. We know that they're white in real life because the White Cliffs of Dover are made of countless numbers of these invisible seashells. x15,000

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Dee Breger
Mgr. SEM/EDX Facility
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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