Thursday 30 October 2014

Winning Microscope Photographs Are Beautiful, Intriguing, and Creepy

Winning Microscope Photographs Are Beautiful, Intriguing, and Creepy

The winner's of Nikon's annual Small World microscope photography contest this year include images of transgenic kidneys, a cricket's tongue, spider eyes, and a scarlet pimpernel. The first-place photograph was chosen out of more than 1,200 entries from 79 different countries. Rogelio Moreno, a computer programmer and self-taught microscopist from Panama, managed to capture an image of a tiny creature known as a rotifer with its mouth open.


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from WIRED » Science http://feeds.wired.com/c/35185/f/661470/s/3ffc76c6/sc/10/l/0L0Swired0N0C20A140C10A0Cnikon0Esmall0Eworld0Emicroscope0Ephoto0Ewinners0C/story01.htm

via Science News

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