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This little guy was just shown under an electron microscope. I thought it looked a lot like an eyeless nydus worm so I thought I would share ^_^
Its actually a small ocean dwelling hydrothermal worm, magnified 525 times.
Enjoy!
Got some actual info on it now .
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/18/hydrothermal-worm-electron-microscope_n_901833.html
+ Show Spoiler +Taken using an FEI Quanta SEM, this image is amazingly zoomed in 525 times. The real width of the field in the image is 568μm, or 568/1000 of a millimeter. It's far larger than an atom, but still among the smallest living things.
The worm, as scary as it looks, is something most people will never actually get to see (or have to worry about, for that matter). Hydrothermal worms are deep sea creatures, almost as small as bacterium, and are largely found near hydrothermal vents in the ocean.
This shot was captured by Philippe Crassous and submitted to FEI's gallery. Other amazing shots taken using FEI's microscopes can be seen here.
Last month, scientists reported they had discovered the first multicellular life in the deep subsurface biosphere, or rather, "worms from hell." But perhaps the title is more fitting for this hydrothermal worm.
Image link
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/310124/HYDROTHERMAL-WORM-ELECTRON-MICROSCOPE.jpg
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Oh my god thats awesome. Is it visible to the naked eye?
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Yeah, I saw this pic also, but the first thing I thought of was..."The spice must flow..."
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I must admit I was afraid of clicking on this thread.
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On July 23 2011 19:42 TheAmazombie wrote:
Yeah, I saw this pic also, but the first thing I thought of was..."The spice must flow..."
THE SPICE IS LIFE! =P Another one I've heard is the thing from Alien
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Holy shit it looks awesome.
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On July 23 2011 19:41 FYRE wrote:
Oh my god thats awesome. Is it visible to the naked eye?
From a comment in the huffingtonpost link:
Its name is Halicephalobus Mephisto which means ""he who loves not the light". Its the deepest living animal ever found. They are resistant to high temperatures, can withstand crushing pressure, and can survive in water with extremely low levels of oxygen. Extremophiles are some of the most interesting organisms living on our planet.
As for this reporters understanding of small objects......well, we all make mistakes. These can definitely be seen with the naked eye. They are very small but comparing them with atoms is a bit ridiculous.
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On July 23 2011 19:47 FezTheCaliph wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 19:42 TheAmazombie wrote:
Yeah, I saw this pic also, but the first thing I thought of was..."The spice must flow..." THE SPICE IS LIFE! =P Another one I've heard is the thing from Alien
Haha, good thing I'm not the only one that went "oh, Sandworm".
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On July 23 2011 19:51 nam nam wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 19:41 FYRE wrote:
Oh my god thats awesome. Is it visible to the naked eye? From a comment in the huffingtonpost link: Show nested quote +
Its name is Halicephalobus Mephisto which means ""he who loves not the light". Its the deepest living animal ever found. They are resistant to high temperatures, can withstand crushing pressure, and can survive in water with extremely low levels of oxygen. Extremophiles are some of the most interesting organisms living on our planet.
As for this reporters understanding of small objects......well, we all make mistakes. These can definitely be seen with the naked eye. They are very small but comparing them with atoms is a bit ridiculous.
Weird, I've seen single neurons when magnified by x400, so if this is x525 magnification, I doubt the naked eye would be able to see anything here...
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On July 23 2011 19:57 Dagobert wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 19:51 nam nam wrote:On July 23 2011 19:41 FYRE wrote:
Oh my god thats awesome. Is it visible to the naked eye? From a comment in the huffingtonpost link:
Its name is Halicephalobus Mephisto which means ""he who loves not the light". Its the deepest living animal ever found. They are resistant to high temperatures, can withstand crushing pressure, and can survive in water with extremely low levels of oxygen. Extremophiles are some of the most interesting organisms living on our planet.
As for this reporters understanding of small objects......well, we all make mistakes. These can definitely be seen with the naked eye. They are very small but comparing them with atoms is a bit ridiculous.
Weird, I've seen single neurons when magnified by x400, so if this is x525 magnification, I doubt the naked eye would be able to see anything here...
I have no idea. Maybe it's reeeally long or something. 
I see now that the persons nick is RighteousNixon and have 0 fans (some reputations system I suppose). Maybe not the most credible source yeah.
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On July 23 2011 19:51 nam nam wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 19:41 FYRE wrote:
Oh my god thats awesome. Is it visible to the naked eye? From a comment in the huffingtonpost link: Show nested quote +
Its name is Halicephalobus Mephisto which means ""he who loves not the light". Its the deepest living animal ever found. They are resistant to high temperatures, can withstand crushing pressure, and can survive in water with extremely low levels of oxygen. Extremophiles are some of the most interesting organisms living on our planet.
As for this reporters understanding of small objects......well, we all make mistakes. These can definitely be seen with the naked eye. They are very small but comparing them with atoms is a bit ridiculous.
Why quote a comment instead of the actual article?
Taken using an FEI Quanta SEM, this image is amazingly zoomed in 525 times. The real width of the field in the image is 568μm, or 568/1000 of a millimeter.
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On July 23 2011 20:02 nam nam wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 19:57 Dagobert wrote:On July 23 2011 19:51 nam nam wrote:On July 23 2011 19:41 FYRE wrote:
Oh my god thats awesome. Is it visible to the naked eye? From a comment in the huffingtonpost link:
Its name is Halicephalobus Mephisto which means ""he who loves not the light". Its the deepest living animal ever found. They are resistant to high temperatures, can withstand crushing pressure, and can survive in water with extremely low levels of oxygen. Extremophiles are some of the most interesting organisms living on our planet.
As for this reporters understanding of small objects......well, we all make mistakes. These can definitely be seen with the naked eye. They are very small but comparing them with atoms is a bit ridiculous.
Weird, I've seen single neurons when magnified by x400, so if this is x525 magnification, I doubt the naked eye would be able to see anything here... I have no idea. Maybe it's reeeally long or something.
...or maybe it is like a baneling with a huge butt, visible to the naked eye. This worm is so cool though. Some of these things in nature are so much more interesting than any movie could have come up with.
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Wow the image was kinda scary :D Awesome article - thx 4 sharing
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On July 23 2011 20:04 caruso wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 19:51 nam nam wrote:On July 23 2011 19:41 FYRE wrote:
Oh my god thats awesome. Is it visible to the naked eye? From a comment in the huffingtonpost link:
Its name is Halicephalobus Mephisto which means ""he who loves not the light". Its the deepest living animal ever found. They are resistant to high temperatures, can withstand crushing pressure, and can survive in water with extremely low levels of oxygen. Extremophiles are some of the most interesting organisms living on our planet.
As for this reporters understanding of small objects......well, we all make mistakes. These can definitely be seen with the naked eye. They are very small but comparing them with atoms is a bit ridiculous.
Why quote a comment instead of the actual article? Taken using an FEI Quanta SEM, this image is amazingly zoomed in 525 times. The real width of the field in the image is 568μm, or 568/1000 of a millimeter.
Because the article didn't say specifically if it's visible to the naked eye, which was the question. It only said it was very small and the zoom which mean nothing to me without context. How small objects can the human eye see for instance. I just saw that comment while reading and decided to post it since it related directly to his question.
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On July 23 2011 20:04 caruso wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 19:51 nam nam wrote:On July 23 2011 19:41 FYRE wrote:
Oh my god thats awesome. Is it visible to the naked eye? From a comment in the huffingtonpost link:
Its name is Halicephalobus Mephisto which means ""he who loves not the light". Its the deepest living animal ever found. They are resistant to high temperatures, can withstand crushing pressure, and can survive in water with extremely low levels of oxygen. Extremophiles are some of the most interesting organisms living on our planet.
As for this reporters understanding of small objects......well, we all make mistakes. These can definitely be seen with the naked eye. They are very small but comparing them with atoms is a bit ridiculous.
Why quote a comment instead of the actual article? Taken using an FEI Quanta SEM, this image is amazingly zoomed in 525 times. The real width of the field in the image is 568μm, or 568/1000 of a millimeter.
To put it into perspective, the image seen (which doesnt show the whole thing, but the head realler) is just over half a millimeter. A lot bigger than I expected, really cool though!
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On July 23 2011 19:57 Dagobert wrote:Show nested quote +On July 23 2011 19:51 nam nam wrote:On July 23 2011 19:41 FYRE wrote:
Oh my god thats awesome. Is it visible to the naked eye? From a comment in the huffingtonpost link:
Its name is Halicephalobus Mephisto which means ""he who loves not the light". Its the deepest living animal ever found. They are resistant to high temperatures, can withstand crushing pressure, and can survive in water with extremely low levels of oxygen. Extremophiles are some of the most interesting organisms living on our planet.
As for this reporters understanding of small objects......well, we all make mistakes. These can definitely be seen with the naked eye. They are very small but comparing them with atoms is a bit ridiculous.
Weird, I've seen single neurons when magnified by x400, so if this is x525 magnification, I doubt the naked eye would be able to see anything here...
The picture shown is at field width 568 micrometers. The naked eye can see things clearly at 0.05 millimeters. so that would be .568 millimeters. You should be able to see it fine with the naked eye
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ewwwww, gross
at guy above me, i do NOT want one!
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SHAI-HULUD!! You must use the hooks! Do not let them slip off!
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On July 23 2011 20:41 snotboogie wrote:
SHAI-HULUD!! You must use the hooks! Do not let them slip off!
True story. They actually caught it using a subterranean thumper
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O.o that looks sick magnified, I wonder what else would look cool under a microscope.........
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500 something x is definitely not a large magnification. Simple optical microscopes can easily do 2000 (even more).
I'm now sitting in front of an scanning electron microscope in fact and it can go up to 650000x
Tell you what, it is still ridiculously far from atoms. This thing can definitely be seen with a magnifier if not naked eye.
EDIT: I've not noticed that they actually gave the measurement. It's actually wider then half a mm. No problem for the healthy naked eye
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It'd be really cool if this thing evolved to become really huge and invade our cities. =O Just a thought.
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"Usul has called a big one, again it is the legend!" - Stilgar
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On July 23 2011 22:20 Eluadyl wrote:
500 something x is definitely not a large magnification. Simple optical microscopes can easily do 2000 (even more).
I'm now sitting in front of an scanning electron microscope in fact and it can go up to 650000x
Tell you what, it is still ridiculously far from atoms. This thing can definitely be seen with a magnifier if not naked eye.
EDIT: I've not noticed that they actually gave the measurement. It's actually wider then half a mm. No problem for the healthy naked eye
Yea, its mostly media sensationalism, but thats to be expected. Its more cool because its the most complex lifeform they've found in it's environment
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UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH.
That reminds me more of the little babies that pop out of you in Alien
T____________T. CANNOT UNSEE.
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I wonder why such a small creature would need theeth.
At least those things look like theeth.
I mean, what is it supposed to eat?
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lololol that thing is baller!!!!!!
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It's looks really nydus worm-esk, but I don't want to meet it on the street or under a microscope.
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All I can hear now is the noise the nydus worm makes when vomiting units: blarglarglarglarglarglarglarglarglarglarg
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On July 23 2011 22:20 Eluadyl wrote:
No problem for the healthy naked eye
as if you will find those on a website dedicated to e-sports? :p
yea it really does look like a nydus, maybe in HOTS they explain it as the origin of the nydus worm as this thingy goes under the planet's surface
and god in before nydus your main jokes
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hahah that's awesome, i love little things like this. It's absolutely the incredible abundance of life that is around those thermal vents in the ocean
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I wonder how badass they'll look after a few billion years of evolution, anything that lives in such harsh conditions and has fucking teeth like that is bound to succeed in some way or another.
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if thats the size of a nydus worm, wonder how small zerglings are o_O?
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This is what my mind thought when I saw the picture:
+ Show Spoiler +
(added spoiler tags)
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On July 23 2011 22:20 Eluadyl wrote:
500 something x is definitely not a large magnification. Simple optical microscopes can easily do 2000 (even more).
I'm now sitting in front of an scanning electron microscope in fact and it can go up to 650000x
Tell you what, it is still ridiculously far from atoms. This thing can definitely be seen with a magnifier if not naked eye.
EDIT: I've not noticed that they actually gave the measurement. It's actually wider then half a mm. No problem for the healthy naked eye
Which according to the article is the size of a bacteria. I think they meant 500x larger than the typical bacteria.
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The spice must flow!
Cool find man, it amazes me how many different lifeforms there are on our relatively small planet and how many we keep discovering.
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I saw that thing in a Yahoo article yesterday. It actually looks a lot like the mouth of a broodlord too!
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Looks more like a roach to me O.o
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Ingenious creature. The terran workers can't kill it if it spawns in the ocean.
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Am I the only one who thinks it is cute?
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On July 24 2011 01:15 Whole wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks it is cute?
Normally I would agree with you, I think tons of gross/scary things are cute but in this case, that thing is an abomination! D:
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what happens when you go thro its mouth?
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Yeah the first thing i thought when I saw that picture was that the worms from Dune are here.
But seriously, thats an awesome picture.
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Why does it need teeth? What does it bite anyway? Bacteria and other microbes?
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On July 24 2011 01:32 Spyfire242 wrote:Normally I would agree with you, I think tons of gross/scary things are cute but in this case, that thing is an abomination! D:
It's not an abomination, it is just misunderstood!
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That is so cool 
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On July 24 2011 01:44 tyCe wrote:
Why does it need teeth? What does it bite anyway? Bacteria and other microbes?
why does a nydus need teeth?
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I was actually expecting a living creature that transported other organisms  Still pretty cool that something this small exists.
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Looks like the Roach wasn't the only thing the Zergs took when they visited earth.
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I can't help but look at the picture and think that the image is fake...
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Thats is the most epic thing ever....
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On July 24 2011 01:32 Spyfire242 wrote:Normally I would agree with you, I think tons of gross/scary things are cute but in this case, that thing is an abomination! D:
I want one :[
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"Then he heard the sand rumbling. Every Fremen knew the sound, could distinguish it immediately from the noises of worms or other desert life. Somewhere beneath him, the pre-spice mass had accumulated enough water and organic matter from the little makers, had reached the critical stage of wild growth. A gigantic bubble of carbon dioxide was forming deep in the sand, heaving upward in an enormous "blow" with a dust whirlpool at its center. It would exchange what had been formed deep in the sand for whatever lay on the surface."
this is relevant mkay!
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Thats pretty cool
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Woah awesome. So cool to see such incredible detail.
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On July 23 2011 19:41 FYRE wrote:
Is it visible to the naked eye?
/facepalm
Do you know what an electron microscope is?
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I don't know why but I looks to me like a ultralisk :S
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On July 24 2011 02:55 UnholyGregor wrote:/facepalm Do you know what an electron microscope is?
If you had read the article/thread you would know that it actually is visible to the naked eye. The real size depicted by the image (that doesn't even show the whole creature) is over half a millimeter wide.
On topic: It's a cool capture. It's amazing to think that life can exist naturally so deep into the ocean. But he certainly isn't winning any beauty pageants in the near future lol.
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very interesting, i love how science can find this stuff
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Tremors was an awesome movie
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Wow that's awesome, I need to get one of those lol.
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That is the coolest creature I have ever seen.
Edit: Oh shit, I just figured out what it is.. Baby Sarlacc o.O
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OH GOD. KILL IT WITH FIRE
or better yet nuke it from orbit.
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