Getting Down And Dirty

The three specimens circled in yellow below have been cut in half to display the interior. Still just looks like dirt...

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120X image of surface by Billy Stone.

The following photo-micrographs were taken by Ted Stampfer. The high-resolution versions are about 4 megabytes apiece.

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Here's a shot by the pro, Dr. Chris Walker. More of Dr. Walker's images can be seen here.

Dr. Walker says, "Just for interest, I reckon this is reasonable evidence of content flow, though as it is a still image, I suppose I don't know which way it is going. Of course, it also is Archaeospora trappei, not an Acaulospora, but I reckon the principle is the same."

More photomicrographs, taken by Andrea Porras-Alfaro at the University of New Mexico, can be seen here.