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Arabidopsis seedling root hair, live specimen (3000X)

by Elison Blancaflor

via nikonsmallworld.com

The Paper Project - Handmade paper - Taiten fibers

Handmade paper - Taiten fibers

via paperproject.org

Eucalyptus macrocarpa

16 Jul 2011
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15July11 Flora

by andrachne

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Fluorapatite with Muscovite - Beryl-Scheelite deposit

16 Jul 2011
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15July11 China Crystals Minerals Specimens

Fluorapatite with Muscovite - Beryl-Scheelite deposit, Huya village, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China

A fine large pink fluorapatite crystal measuring 3.4 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm in size is set straight up from a muscovite crystal matrix. Shows all around - no damage. Not exceptionally sharp for the species, but for this locality the crystal is outstanding.

via danweinrich.com

Marine Stuns Crowd with Verse IV

16 Jul 2011
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15July11 Inspirational United States music patriotic

via nation.foxnews.com

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Sent by Stephanie...Thanks !