Diatoms

Diatoms: Tiny Factories You Can See From Space

diatoms build beautiful shells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYIC70MNRWM

diatom beauty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxkbSk–EUY

Victorian artist diatom art:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/secretive-victorian-artists-made-these-intricate-patterns-out-of-algae-180952720/

Cytoplasm streaming, https://vichighmarine.ca/coscinodiscus-wailesii/

“Jewels of the sea”

Arranged Diatoms California Academy of Sciences

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Coccolithophores

Flickr diatoms