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-Karl Krauss
Diatoms are the tumbling, shining, intricate glass-like algae that make much of the air that we breathe.
Diatoms are the tumbling, shining, intricate glass-like algae that make much of the air that we breathe.
There are many different species, and they each make a "skeleton" of sorts close to opal in composition. Victorian men liked to collect different kinds, and lay them out on black paper with the aid of a microscope.
For me, their beauty rests in their shining delicate shapes, and their vital oxygen production that we need to live.
--Glendon Mellow
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