The panoramic images show below are"stitched" from several SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) or LM (Light microscope)images of marine Diatoms. These fossil diatoms are from Dunkirk, Maryland and are 20 million years old. The images were taken at a magnification 0f 100X. The LM images were taken from diatom samples spread on a glass slide without any medium or coverslip. This was so the same slide showing the relationship between the diatoms could be "sputter-coated" and observed in a SEM. The LM and SEM images are not at the same tracking angle, but there is a fair degree of correspondence showing how the diatoms appear under both techniques.

The panoramic images is are then "run through" Apple's QTVR Authoring Studio which converts it into a fully functional QuickTime VR panoramic movie with a 120 degree arc.

The QTVR movie is shown below. There is a menu in the lower left corner. Clicking on the panorama with your cursor and then moving it around will allow you to "search" the image. If you click on the + sign the area in view will be enlarged. The minus sign will bring you "back out". If you click on the ? mark then any "hot spots" in the movie will be shown. These "hot spots" can be links to other panoramic movies. (You will also notice that the "bulls eye" cursor changes to an arrow whenever it encounters one of these links.