What creature is this? A friend on Lemmy said it may be in the genus Holosticha. I am inclined to agree. We are not experts by any means.

Where did this sample come from? Sandy and I went to a few ponds nearby. These are cool ponds, they used to be quarries, then were turned into nature preserves in the 70s. Now, over 50 years later they are vibrant and important to the local birds.

When we got the sample there was still a layer of ice over the ponds. We found a good rock, smashed some ice, and took a sample near the roots of some long dead grass.

How did I get it to look like that? Put simply, colorful semi-transparent plastic and opaque plastic/cardboard are added into the light path before it hits the slide. I adjust how much of these and where to get a 3d effect and to choose the background color.

This video and the music are entirely or majority created by me, and you can use both however you'd like without attribution.

[Video Specs] Microscope : Used Scope from Ebay similar to the BS200 Objectives: 10x Plan Camera: AmScope MD1200A 12 MegaPixel USB 2.0 20Fps

[Instruments] Behringer DeepMind 12 Dreadbox Erebus V3 Bongos

[Audio Specs] DAW: Ardour VST Plugins: AirWindows Plugins, LSP Plugins Microphone: Blue Bluebird SL Audio Interface: Behringer UMC404HD