Thursday, October 6, 2011

Microscopy: A Small World

Every year Nikon has a photomicrography competition to recognize the efforts of those involved in photography through the light microscope. The winners for this year have been posted and there are some pretty amazing pictures. You can check them out at WIRED. It's crazy what things look like through a microscope: for example, this picture is of a fern spore. I took this during my microscopy class - is it weird I think it looks like a dragon riding the moon? Well that's the microscopic world for you or maybe it's just me.