Images donated by our members.

Difflugia with extended pseudopod – 100x. From Barbour Pond in Wayne, New Jersey, collected during Summer 2004. Taken with Olympus Camedia 460Z on an Olympus BHT microscope using Rheinberg circular oblique illumination for a darkfield effect. Image by Mel Pollinger:

A sample from the gallery of Eric Grave images given to the NYMS:

Diatoms by Rheinberg Illumination, 400x Olympus BH-2, Olympus OM2n Fujichrome 64T Image by Mel Pollinger:

Garden quartz sand grains in immersion oil, polarized light, 40x, Fuji Film 64T, Olympus OM2n, Olympus BH2-BHT microscope by Mel Pollinger.

Chondroitin sulfate from water, Rheinberg illumination with polarized light , 40x, Fuji Film 64T, Olympus OM2n, Olympus BH2-BHT microscope by Mel Pollinger.