Amoeba Clip 3

Amoeba imaged with Phase Contrast and Polarised light. This enhances contrast and shows cell contents and protoplasmic streaming more clearly. There are numerous bi-refringent particles visible.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• protoplasm
• streaming
• nucleus
• protists
• protozoa

[EDFWilliams]

40X phase contrast objective; 12.5X photo eyepiece; 12mm internediate lens. So in the microscope about 500X. But displayed on the PC screen can be anything up to 3 to 4X more.

[10oscar01]

where do you get amoebas?

[EDFWilliams]

In the bottom grunge of a fish pond, from swamps, lake bottoms, rain-water barrels, river rock pools, tropical fish aquaria; from damp soil and moss on rocks in rivers and lakes. The can be found in almost any wet place. But most abundantly in the bottom sediments and rotting vegetation. I've repeated myself a bit... sorry

[uglysack]

Beautiful! Is this filmed in real time? Oooops, I mean, is the film running in real time?.. or, is the film reel running in time? I know what I mean, I think... I used some of your footage projected onto big screen at party I played at... thanks.

[EDFWilliams]

Some parts of this clip were taken at about 15 frames per second so the amoeba seems to be moving in tiny steps. Other parts were at 30 fps and are smoother. This is running in 'real' time ... I know what you mean. The words you were looking for are 'time lapse' a technique that results in a speeding up of motion.

[k0ng0fw0rld]

wow u sure dont want this going up ur nose...

[EDFWilliams]

There is one -- Naegleria sp that does go up the nose and from there to the brain. Look it up on the web.

[EyFmS]

Oohhh come on....do you really thing the Amoeba porn industry might work?!Mnnnn think about it...for a minute...hey!...mmmnnn no...but hey... maybe if we add implants...then again it might work...:D

Naaa just being dumb,little bit of humor doesn't hurt anyone ;)...this is great footage thought :).

[shandu300]

i have my pet - ameoba :)

i like him very much XD

[mynameishyena]

good work this is an amzing view of an amoeba in motion. My sixth grade science teacher used this clip to show us the movement of an amoeba!!! =)

[DemonLDR]

What magnification is this filmed at?

[anandalouz]

so beautiful and relaxing! was waiting for the streaming of protoplasm to change direction after 50 secs which never happened. Is this due to your editing or to the fact the amoeba was moving do you know? Do you have a video showing that phenomenon? I would really love to see that if you were at all able to post it, thank you!

[BirgitteEskum]

Dear @EDFWilliams,

At Esbjerg Art Museum in Denmark we are planning an exhibition this fall concerning art and nature. The curators might be interested in using this little amoeba video in the exhibition. Is it possible to receive a copy of the video - and your permission to show it as well?

Best wishes, Birgitte Ørom (boe@eskum.dk)

[auburnmare94]

@wowsale1 It was contrasted and enhanced with polarised light to enhance color and observe the organelles more easily.

[Nerudah]

if you guys want extra drama; open a new youtube window and play watch?v=lyJwbwWg8uc while watching this(starts at 30sec)..awesomeness ^^

[ThermalHD]

Looks like gelly moving with lots of big ben candy inside.

[wowsale1]

i didnt know amoeba had color :),but ok

[DementedStudios9007]

I flagged this for child abuse XD