Diatoms I’ve found over the years, marine and freshwater
Diatoms are photosynthetic microorganisms that are abundant across all aquatic environments, yet most people have never heard of them. They have golden chloroplasts encased within a silica shell.
Art by Robert McCall.
“I went back centuries, into a different timeline, to when humans first left Earth and began to explore our universe.
“I dared not reveal myself, for fear of disrupting their timeline, but I marveled at their advancement and creations. They used controlled explosions to move their ships, had no knowledge of warp technology, but were possessed of the same spirit of exploration as we were.”
-Wesley Crusher, Unpublished Memoirs, 2493
