Micrasterias
Commonly known as green alga, this unicellular organism’s nucleus sits on a narrow isthmus linking its two mirror image “semi-cells.” A single large, space-filling chloroplast is housed within each semi-cell.
Photos are courtesy of Marek Miś.
(via science-junkie)
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Model : Gurmit Kaur
Monster Triplets Inhabit the Lobster Nebula
That is NCG 6357, also sometimes called the Lobster Nebula. It’s a massive star-forming cloud around 8000 light years away, located in the constellation of Scorpius. The picture was taken by the amazing VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy), located in Paranal, Chile.
(via discoverynews)
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