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Showing posts with label diatom arranged. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Tis the season for diatom arrangements! Happy Holidays!

yeah, I said I was off this week..but I couldn't resist these.. Go check out the arranged diatom photo set at the California Academy of Sciences Flickr. here. 



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