The Daily Boost #558
Some beauty we need help to see
The Global Image of the Year Scientific Light Microscopy Award celebrates the artistry and scientific value of that form of imaging.
This year’s winning image (above), produced by Laurent Formery, offers a look at the nervous system of a juvenile sea star.
Formery says, “I love microscopy and can spend a huge amount of time in front of our confocal microscope . . . I work with marine invertebrates, in particular echinoderms (sea stars, sea urchins, and their kind). They are beautiful animals, with a fascinating and aesthetically pleasing fivefold symmetry that is unlike anything else in the animal kingdom. I’m happy that taking images of them helps communicate how much beauty we have in our oceans, and why it is important to know more about them and protect them.”
Below is another image from the contest that I like very much. Created by Thorben Danke, it shows the scutellum of a tiger beetle.
Enjoy more light microscopy images from the contest here.
(My thanks to photographers Laurent Formery and Thorben Danke, via My Modern Met.)
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So very beautiful!
I looked at all the entries, they would make lovely wall art!