Gallery: Magnified Plankton Looks Just Like Outer Space

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    Orbit: A planktonic worm larva “orbits” the perimeter of a glass slide.
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    Faults: Coscinodiscus and pinnularia, crushed.
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    Vessel I: Siphonophore, a close relative of the jellyfish.
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    Penumbra: Living bivalve larvae, collected in Moreton Bay, Australia.
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    Hubble: Various diatoms.
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    Starspot: Cocconeis diatoms.
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    Genesis, Sea Sapphire: Living Sapphirina (sea sapphire) copepod, which gets its color from structural differences in microscopic layers of crystals.
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    Genesis, Diatom: Various diatoms.
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    Detritus: Various diatoms.
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    Hubble II: Star-like Bacteriastrum seen from above.
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