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The first protist I ever saw though the microscope was this one. This is Volvox. It's a colonial green algae. Each round colony is made up of many small green cells. Those dark green circles you see inside are new colonies being formed. Once they're big enough they will break out of the mother colony and go their own way. When you see Volvox in real life it tumbles through the water like a snowball. I thought it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen and I've studies protists ever sinc... Microscopic Photography Bacteria, Algae Microscope, Volvox Algae, Microscopic Algae, Microscope Images, Microscopic Organisms, Microscopic Photography, Gardening Planting, Geometry In Nature

The first protist I ever saw though the microscope was this one. This is Volvox. It's a colonial green algae. Each round colony is made up of many small green cells. Those dark green circles you see inside are new colonies being formed. Once they're big enough they will break out of the mother colony and go their own way. When you see Volvox in real life it tumbles through the water like a snowball. I thought it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen and I've studies protists ever…

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