The micrograph was taken in a field emmission scanning elctron microscope in the secondary electron mode. The sample approximately 0.8m depth beneath Avicennia africana mangrove under hypersaline conditions at Bitang Bolon [16 degrees 18 minutes West and 13 degrees 15 minutes north] in The Gambia.
The sample was freeze-dried and coated with gold palladium before observation.
The open cellular structure is formed from kaolinite particles
In the stereo version shown here the full extent of the three-dimension void space may be judged. The image should be viewed with the red lens over the LEFT eye.
