2012 Photomicrography Competition

Live newborn lynx spiderlings

Walter A. Piorkowski

Location
South Beloit, Illinois, USA
Technique
Reflected Light, Fiber Optics, Image Stacking
Magnification
6x

Drosophila melanogaster visual system halfway through pupal development, showing retina (gold), photoreceptor axons (blue), and brain (green)

Dr. W. Ryan Williamson

Affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Ashburn, Virginia, USA
Technique
Confocal
Magnification
1500x