26 April 2016
Posted by Callan Bentley
Another week, another batch of new images produced on my home-based Magnify2 imaging system from GIGAmacro. This week, you can see that I’ve been on a real brachiopod tear – here are seven images of those two-shelled filter feeders from the Paleozoic…
As always, enjoy exploring them for details.
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.
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Callan,
I think this gigapan work is fantastic. I like the SEM images from your student, too. Is there any way gigapans can include a dynamic scale, that changes as you zoom in and out? Or is it there as an option, and I missed it?
Have you posted any gigapans of thin sections?
Bob
I am going to guess that No. 4, is from the (Upper Devonian) “Chemung”/Foreknobs.