{"id":266618,"date":"2024-12-13T12:06:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T12:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/see-the-world-in-close-up-in-these-intricate-images-of-nature\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:06","slug":"see-the-world-in-close-up-in-these-intricate-images-of-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/see-the-world-in-close-up-in-these-intricate-images-of-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"See the world in close-up in these intricate images of nature"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cross-section of a Cosmic Orange aster flower<\/p>\n

Igor Siwanowicz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

These exquisite images reveal some of the intricate views of animals and plants captured by researchers from 29 countries who entered the Evident Image of the Year competition<\/a>. The prize recognises the best in scientific microscopic imaging worldwide.<\/p>\n

The winning entry (pictured above) shows a cross-section of a bloom from the \u201cCosmic Orange\u201d variety of the Mexican aster (Cosmos sulphureus<\/i>), with pollen<\/a> grains maturing inside its anthers. It was taken by Igor Siwanowicz, a research neurobiologist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia.<\/p>\n

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Juvenile sea star (Patiria miniata)<\/p>\n

Laurent Formery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Siwanowicz, who collected the flower buds for his shot on a post-lunch walk around the campus pond, said in an announcement about the prize that he chose to enter the image because it \u201cshows that the beauty of a common flower that most of us take for granted can extend beyond what we can see with the naked eye\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe beauty of natural form and design is present on very different scales, sometimes almost in a fractal manner \u2013 as we continue to zoom in, the form may lose familiarity, but also become a new emotional experience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Cuckoo wasp<\/p>\n

Raghuram Annadana<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The other images shown here all won honourable mentions in the contest for their views of a variety of animals. In the shot second from top, Laurent Formery used vivid stains to highlight the skeleton of a juvenile sea star (Patiria miniata<\/i>) from the Asterinidae family.<\/p>\n

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Above is an image of a cuckoo wasp, resplendent in its iridescent colours, captured by Raghuram Annadana, with the image below showing a zebrafish head, taken by Yue Rong Tan.<\/p>\n

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Zebrafish head<\/p>\n

Yue Rong Tan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

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