{"id":584,"date":"2022-02-08T20:56:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T20:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/?p=584"},"modified":"2022-02-08T20:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T20:56:29","slug":"glimpses-of-a-tiny-magical-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/glimpses-of-a-tiny-magical-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Glimpses Of A Tiny, Magical World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be tiny, like a small insect? I believe it would be like living in another dimension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Somebody told me once
that if you stand still
in the forest long enough,
you’ll see signs
of a hidden struggle…
raging between forces
of life and decay…” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– young woman from the movie, “Epic”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These microscopic images (pictures taken by me) might be some of the things that you would see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wings of a fly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a yellow flower petal. Check out the xylem tubes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is actually a red-orange flower petal. It requires a lot of different pigments to make those colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This a squashed, orange berry with a seed in it. You can see the seed coat and part of the embryo in this picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green leaf with chloroplasts.
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A purple and yellow flower. Here are some lovely pigments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bright, red, flower petal. It, almost, looks like Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is amazing what can fly out of a flower at you. I am not sure what kind of insect this is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a small drone ant. Chinese legend says that ants are goblin spirits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be tiny, like a small insect? I believe it would be like living in another dimension. “Somebody told me oncethat if you stand stillin the forest long enough,you’ll see signsof a hidden struggle…raging between forcesof life and decay…”  – young woman from the movie, “Epic”… <\/p>\n

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