These images are cross-section views of the flagella of the algae chlamydomonas. These are magnified by an electron microscope 120,000 times. They have a remarkable similarity to the 9-pointed star symbolic of the Baha'i Faith, and further the tip of each star appears like the Arabic letter há, familiar to Baha'is from the ringstone symbol.

For more information on this algae, see the Chlamydomonas Genetics Center. For an article with a discussion of the flagelle, see www.jyi.org/issues/currentIssue/features/tang.html. For a scientific graphic of this cross-section, which helps explain the star-like and há-like formations, see www.nibb.ac.jp/~cellcomm/kenkyu1.html .

The caption to these images indicates that page 552 of this same book has a legend. Please email if you have access to this book in a local library and can look this up. -J.W.

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