Microscope!

My pal Chris brought over his microscope and we looked at things up close.
100x, 200x, 400x, and 1000x magnification was at our disposal!
In addition, the microscope had a lens for phase-shifted light.
This helped to illuminate subjects differently for furthered examination!
This is an advanced scope for University studies, and the imagery is incredible!



Although we had some stock slide specimens to examine, we found our own.
We compared cat, human, and dog hair.
I sliced a paper thin piece of cork to examine cellular structure.
We also took several water samples likely to contain life.



We found microbial life in our terrarium!
We obtained samples from Lost Lagoon and English Bay as well.



Surprisingly, there was less life in the Lagoon than the Bay.
The most abundant life sample was obtained from our indoor terrarium!
The sample acquisition was carried out as follows:
Approach body of water, scoop sample at shoreline.
For the terrarium sample, I scraped up a teeny tiny bit of soppy wet moist moss.




Chris made a video of one of his earlier microscope sessions.
Check it out!

Microscope Adventure 1 from Chris Vondruska on Vimeo.

This is my first set of videos taken through my AO Phase Star 110 Microscope. The audio may contain random dumb content. :)



Subjects include Kefir and Kambucha Bacteria, Paramecium, Water Mites and more.