Tiny World17.8° N, 72.5° W
Diatom
A diatom is a single-celled alga with a shell made of silica, the material in glass.
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Sound
- Yes
- Hands-on
- Yes
- Licenses
- Own work (made in the page)
How to play
Tap it to make the glass shell glint and open.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glint and open | Tap | ||
| Open | Button | ||
| Glass | Color | #7fd6d0 |
About it
A diatom is a single-celled alga with a shell made of silica, the material in glass. Its patterned shell, called a frustule, has two overlapping halves, rather like a box and its lid. Diatoms live in fresh and salt water and use sunlight to make food, releasing oxygen.
Tap it and a glint of light runs across the glass, then the two halves lift apart to show the golden cell inside and close again; real diatoms don't open like this. Diatoms make about a fifth of the oxygen on Earth.
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 55,342 at Low, and up to 720,000 at Max
Sources and credits
Made in Splashery. Its code is MIT.
Nearby in the collection
Straight down
Through the middle of the world, the far side is Real Tin Can, on Photoreal.
Fall throughIt stands 6.1° from the exact far side, the closest of any Splash.