1985 Photomicrography Competition

Detached retina of red-eared turtle (sp. Pseudemys scripta elegans), showing oil droplets located in the outermost inner segments of cone photoreceptors

Teruya Ohtsuka

Affiliation
National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan
Technique
Brightfield
Magnification
400x

Plastic-embedded section of stained kidney glomerulus

Louis Savas

Affiliation
St. Vincent Hospital
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Technique
Brightfield
Magnification
100x

Slime mold (sp. Dictyostelium discoideum) on agar

William R. West

Affiliation
Carolina Biological Supply Company
Burlingon, North Carolina, USA
Technique
Rheinberg Illumination
Magnification
10x