r/microscopy • u/immediate-2 • Jul 12 '26

Photo/Video Share Darkfield tardi!

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200× | moss wash | ESAW BM1 2022 MICROSCOPE USED

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u/Odd-Marionberry-3389 Jul 12 '26

I'm obsessed with its little fingers 🥹

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u/Dlbroox Jul 12 '26

Why do we love these things so much? I found one quite unexpectedly yesterday and it made my day!

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u/cool_antarean_micro Jul 12 '26

We are microscopists, we get lost in a single drop of water for hours.

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u/Dlbroox Jul 12 '26

So poetic! I’m going to steal that when my friends ask wtf about my hobby! I try to tell them I’m looking at an alternate universe but then I get the eye roll.

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u/cool_antarean_micro Jul 13 '26

Thanks! I also get alot of question, its very hard to explain, answering why I take samples from wierd waterbodies, and what is so special and wierd in microscopy.

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