Stunning images - Festive decorations from nature


	Stunning images - Festive decorations from nature
einbar
12-21-2008 12:49 PM
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einbar says:
These stunning microscope images - many of which resemble festive decorations - are all winners of the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition, now in its sixth year.
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12-21-2008 3:40 PM
Kelika
Gorgeous!
12-21-2008 6:40 PM
thisnamecantbetaken
The picture of white wine looks like a little fairy. This clip reminded me of an old beer clip I have somewhere. Dust it off and have a look at some of these microscopic images. So pretty. .
http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/EA4F3154-E24F-4AC5-BE56-DA2024F2A54A/
12-21-2008 7:35 PM
dollyday
nice
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16303-festive-decorations-from-nature"><H2><A href="http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16303-festive-decorations-from-nature">Festive decorations from nature</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16303-festive-decorations-from-nature"><P>These stunning microscope images - many of which resemble festive decorations - are all winners of the <A target="ns" href="http://www.olympusbioscapes.com/gallery/2008/">Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition</A>, now in its sixth year.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16303-festive-decorations-from-nature"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.newscientist.com/img/1EF7CDF3-9745-4809-9DC8-FCA51330DB6C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16303-festive-decorations-from-nature"><DIV id="galstrap">A spectacular bauble: this image of a centric fossil diatom frustule <I>(Actinoptychus heliopelta)</I> was made by Dr. Stephen Nagy using a technique called <A target="ns" href="http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Jamin+Lebedeff+system">Jamin-Lebedeff Interference Contrast</A>.</DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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