Saturday, August 14, 2010

Ever Wonder What Pollen Looks Like?


Well, Here you go.

The pictures in this post successively magnify the stamen of a flower and then we zoom into the pollen it's holding. I think they ultimately look like Spanish yellow rice.

As I understand it, pollen comes in all shapes and sizes, these just being one variety which is fairly large. I estimate these particular pollen grains at about .2 mm, or about 150-200 micrometers each.












Send me your suggestions for something tiny that you'd like to see big.


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