2020 Photomicrography Competition

Chameleon embryo (autofluorescence)

Dr. Allan Carrillo-Baltodano David Salamanca

Affiliation
Queen Mary University of London
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
London, United Kingdom
Technique
Fluorescence
Magnifaction
10X (Objective Lens Magnification)

This image of a chameleon embryo, taken during the Embryology course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, highlights the aesthetics and structure of these invertebrates. It was two images with the subject submerged in liquid. Great care was necessary to avoid refraction from the liquid.