Cells and bacteria: playing with a compound microscope

Something different today: I played with a light microscope I just got and am rather surprised by how easy it was to see some really cool life and wanted to share some of the neat views. I'm a newbie at this, and don't know most of what I'm seeing (any hints or corrections appreciated!), but it's pretty cool regardless. The scope is a (relatively) cheap Swift SW380T (nothing paid by them, just what I chose to get), and I swapped in the camera from a stereoscope to capture the images. Special thanks to Oliver, the microbehunter (, for convincing me to take the plunge and finally get a microscope.

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• #bacteria
• #eosinophil
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