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Diatom

diatom

Richard writes, “On my shoulder. Taken from an engraving by Ernest Haekel.”

Carl: Here’s the Wikipedia page on diatoms, those abundant microscopic shell-builders of the sea. And here’s a gallery of Haeckel’s amazing illustrations—many tattoos in the making (and made, in some cases).

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June 28th, 2008 9:58 PM Tags: biology tattoos, Haeckel, paleontology tattoos
by Carl Zimmer in Science Tattoo Emporium | 3 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

3 Responses to “Diatom”

  1. 1.   Megan Says:
    July 10th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    diatoms are gorgeous. some of the prettiest things i’ve ever seen.

  2. 2.   natalie Says:
    February 25th, 2009 at 1:55 am

    That’s definitely a radiolarian, not a diatom:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiolarian
    Still pretty sweet, though.

  3. 3.   Mike Ruark Says:
    November 8th, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    I LOVE that you included “fig. 1″ !!!

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