I read the title and thought you put oil on your eyes

I also make videos of microscopic beings!!!

Micros are getting a lot more clearer With more details since your last camera scope.

U say u add oil because lights going threw air... So what if it was in a vacuum...? Would you just skip the oil? And what if u didn't

You should try to find (or make) an algorithm that synthesizes/extracts sound effects from microscope footage so that you can hear what's going on in the microscopic world. Maybe you could even utilize different sensors to help out.

Your 2nd book will be a gem!

Howdy, what is the real magnification that you can get with white light (and oil and every other of your tricks). Can you get an even higher magnification by going to a shorter wavelength of light? Perhaps instead of normal colors say blue and two different wavelengths of near UV? What is the highest magnification that can be done on a living thing, and what might it take to equip you to go hunting for it? I'm a patreon and I am just so glad to be able to help you (and Hank and the others) to help make this show. Dziękuję James i Kontynuuj dobrą robotę

@@aldenconsolver3428 ahh thank you! I wish I could speak Polish but I am just living here for 4 years and that’s not enough to learn this language. 😂 The maximum magnification is somewhere around 1000x, changing the wavelength to something smaller only changes 10-20 nanometers in resolution. There are some online calculators for that if you want to get more detailed information. But it’s safe to say, 1000x is the highest magnification you’ll ever get on this channel with an optical microscope, but we may dive into the realm of electron microscopy some day then can show pictures at 50000x 😀

Would it be possible by using several frequencies of near-ultraviolet to make a a pseudo color image of a living creature (it seems to me that near UV would not immediately kill a normal cell as long as the illumination was not excessive). While working at JPL I came up with a system for ‘sharpening’ images using chi-square binning and various sobel style edge sharpeners- would this be useful in microscopy? This can also be used to reduce the effect of jitter in matching images. I also used some broadly similar techniques for analyzing ground-based light observations of Venusian clouds and all things considered it worked pretty good.. I would gladly take on doing that again if it would make for better living images. I posted a comment a little while ago then decided I needed to add some more details. Thank You

Thank you for all your dedication to the field and this channel, James! Your enthusiasm is infectious and charming, and I really enjoyed "hanging out" with you and the Microcosmos team during the live stream. 😁❤️👍

The fact that we can astounds me even more to be honest. We're nothing but collections of cells, "deciding" to move together. And think. It is, word used in its literal definition, awesome.

Did it decide though? Or just a programmed reaction to stimuli?

@@Bhatt_Hole Please note the quotation marks. You could argue the same thing about humans; we simply react to our input, we may just be complex enough that we _appear_ to have free will.

@@Bhatt_Hole I agree with this. So are we, but I think that consciousness is an emerging product of a being capable of processing information, retaining memories and being aware of itself to a complex enough level.

I wonder if these bands are in the epidermis, or maybe muscle bands like in rotifers...

but sadly no toe-beans.

@@SaschaUncia but they do have lil claws!

One of the toughest creature in existence but it looks like it's made of gummy bears

They also have some special stuff at 4:01

@@yvc9 kleiner Gummibär

How old is he?

@@limiv5272 2, he really is just looking at shapes and sounds at this point.

Your son does have a cool dad, greet him from me :)

@@thomasrogers8239 I think most viewers of this channel come here for the fascinating shapes and calming sounds (-:

I love the channel too, but I think I'M too young to understand what's going on in this one!

That's because the oil isn't pressing into your eye, ahaha

If you stick your hand in a pond, you’ll pet hundreds at once.

HAHA YEAH WOW OMG PET A CILIATE WOW

@@Benzene265 thank you so much for phrasing it like this, im gonna think about it next time I go to a body of water

@@Benzene265 😂

James is a very skilled microscopist!

It honestly sounds like your mother is lacking in some quality that would allow her to believe you. Almost entire planets know these organisms exists, There are entire fields of scientific study and research devoted too micro-organism. To claim micro-organisms do not exist goes against the present day to day realty we find ourselves in.

Old people tend to be more stubborn and less open to new ideas. But I think with enough time you’ll convince her.

Hate people like that!

Really? How old? With degrees in Biology, Computer Science and Education... THIS 'old person' understands a LOT more than so many younger people. Explain to me exactly how your "smart" phone and the internet works. Betcha can't.

To claim micro-orgasims do not exist is just WILLFUL ignorance. Just like supposed "doctors" who now say viruses aren't real. That's OK, except that people then believe them, cause they are "doctors"!

Didn't you get to use them?

Oil immersion is used with the 100X lens of a microscope, it’s pretty cool.

ONLY if it is designed for oil immersion, not because it is 100x mag.

@@rickkwitkoski1976 Haven't come across a non oil immersion 100X in a long time.

@@KP3droflxp well I didn't had any offline classes last year, so didn't use them for my lab...

Heheheheh. Yes.

That’s a great idea! -James

You could die from cuteness overload when looking at a tardigrade

a pathogen in the sample

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gtFyoK-aqbbGqIU.html here is the non-zero situation.

You are right! Vampyrella would look gorgeous through this lens! I’ll keep my eyes open! -James

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@@JamsGerms YAY!

Ok, imagine a fire... But you can't see the fire, so only imagine the shadows.

Cave Johnson: Did somebody say Aperture?

@@BeardslapRadio Kind of...😜

Hmm... It sounds... Allegorical.

*Forcefully eats hemlock for denying the matrix exists.*

It's amazing to me that there are people that don't understand just how much the atmosphere can distort telescope images. When I got LASIK a few months ago, one of the first things I noticed while watching the night sky was that I could actually see ripples moving across the surface of the moon as the air cooled from an unusually hot day. It was amazing.

@@GuyNamedSean That's awesome! Congrats on your successful procedure. When doing outreach, (chilling in public with my scope to share the view, unfortunately haven't done much of that since the whole pandemic) I've always told others when viewing the moon that the atmospheric turbulence resembles the "mirage" effect that happens in the desert or viewing over a hot car hood. Really helps the public understand why we must send telescopes to space to get our deepest and most detailed observations, and also dispel the misconception that we send telescopes to orbit to get closer to the stars.

As Hank explained, light refracts when it exits a substance and enters medium of a different density. Oil on the coverslip has a similar density to glass and cuts out that "middleman" interruption of "thin air" that so distorts a highly magnified image.

lool

We freaking love everything you do!!!