Monday, October 12, 2009

SECOND PLACE: Nikon Small World Competition


SECOND PLACE:
This image is not an insect's antennae, but rather the flower stem section of a spiny sow thistle (Sonchus asper) magnified 150x. The plant, often considered a weed in North America, was imaged on a dark-field microscope by Gerd Guenther of Düsseldorf, Germany.

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