Which Are the Stars?

[Don Schaeffer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Gy7PK2DCM
When I examine the mudpuddle under the right kind of illumination, it looks like the firmament, organisms like stars. I know the main targets of my searches are the larger ciliates. I somehow understand them. But i also see the myriads of strange creatures I can't see very well and I wish for a more powerful microscope, if such were available.