These were too cool not to share here. We are like the Robin Hood of scientific imagery... sort of
Larval crab
Copepod
Diatoms
To make matters worse... we can't find the original article these came from... it's over at National Geographic in some article about plankton or something...
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ooooooohhhh.....pretty. Love the copepod.
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They are from the November 2007 Issue of National Geographic (pgs. 96-111) titled "Small Wonders: the secret life of marine microfauna". A wonderful article worth reading!