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#2

Paracetamol (Common Painkiller) Crystals, Finland, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

175points

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ChubbySquid 6 years ago

It looks as if the northern lights just fell to earth above Antarctica and coloured the glaciers.

25points

#3

Living Volvox Algae Releasing Its Daughter Colonies, Nantes, 3rd Place

Final score:

147points

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Eirik Guttulsrud 6 years ago

Pacman!

103points

#4

The Head Of A Pork Tapeworm, New York, 4th Place

Final score:

143points

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Hans 6 years ago

One more reason not to have a pet tapeworm.

49points

#5

Mold On A Tomato, Netanya, 5th Place

Final score:

131points

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CultOfBambi 6 years ago

Tribble!

25points

#6

Traxacum Officinale (Dandelion) Cross Section Showing Curved Stigma With Pollen, Nottingham, Honorable Mention

Final score:

129points

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María Soledad Alessandro 6 years ago

Taraxacum officinale

5points

#7

Immortalized Human Skin Cells Expressing Fluorescently Tagged Keratin, Amsterdam, 1st Place

Final score:

127points

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Vlad Horobet 6 years ago

They should put this into biology books near the "mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell..."

28points

#8

Plastic Fracturing On Credit Card Hologram, Texas, 11th Place

Final score:

127points

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Mama Panda 6 years ago

It looks like an album cover for the band Journey!

23points

#9

Natural Bridge (Petiole Nodes) Connecting The Abdomen And Thorax Of An Ant, Izmir, Image Of Destinction

Final score:

122points

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Lara B. 6 years ago

Wow! This seems like such a fragile connection.

47points

#10

Synapta (Sea-Cucumber) Skin, Le Mans, 18th Place

Final score:

110points

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Celeste Spaniel 6 years ago

Wow, looks like a drawing of anchors!

66points

#11

3rd Trimester Fetus Of Megachiroptera, Colorado, 15th Place

Final score:

93points

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Vlad Horobet 6 years ago

To anyone who does not know what a Megachiroptera is the bigger version of the Chiroptera. J.k. It's a fruit eating bat.

90points

#12

Asilidae (Rubber Fly) Eye Section, Abu Dhabi, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

89points

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Samantha Bing 6 years ago

Perfect example of math and art intertwining to make nature

20points

#13

Senecio Vulgaris Seed Head, Israel, 2nd Place

Final score:

82points

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3ke 6 years ago

Dandelion fluff

6points

#14

Ganglion Cells Expressing Fluorescent Proteins In A Mouse Retina, California, Honorable Mention

Final score:

69points

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Magpie 6 years ago

poor mouse. amazing photo tho'.

11points

#15

Broccoli, Washington, Honorable Mention

Final score:

67points

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Kiara Arran 6 years ago

Beautiful

7points

#16

Opiliones (Daddy Longlegs) Eye, Washington, 12th Place

Final score:

66points

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KT Trondsen 6 years ago

Wow, this won't give my nightmares fodder at all

14points

#17

Pyromorphite (Mineral), Spain, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

66points

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KT Trondsen 6 years ago

kryponite!

11points

#18

Lily Pollen, Southampton, 6th Place

Final score:

62points

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Veronica Gatewood 6 years ago

Who knew flower sperm was so beautiful?!?

8points

#19

Nsutite And Cacoxenite (Minerals), Madrid, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

61points

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Samantha Bing 6 years ago

Those eye looking things are definitely staring

13points

#20

Individually Labeled Axons In An Embryonic Chick Ciliary Ganglion, Nagoya, 7th Place

Final score:

60points

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Dizzyaudiohh 6 years ago

Reminds me of the balloons from Up :)

13points

#21

Neurons Derived From A Parkinson Patient, Seongnam, Honorable Mention

Final score:

60points

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Krista Leary 6 years ago

Looks like a dream catcher....how incredibly untrue.

8points

#22

Abdominal Proleg Of A Caterpillar, Netanya, Image Of Destinction

Final score:

60points

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Zori the degu 6 years ago

It looks so complicated due to the fact that it's supposed to glue the caterpillar to the wall/plant/etc.

4points

#23

Aspergillus Flavus (Fungus) And Yeast Colony From Soil, New York, 20th Place

Final score:

59points

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Magpie 6 years ago

Or a rising sun over the marshes. Nature imitating nature :))) stunning.

21points

#24

Melaleuca Sp. (Paperbark Tree) Leaf, Perth, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

59points

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Alex Medford 6 years ago

Gustav Klimt painting ❤️

23points

#25

Small Moth, Rostock, Image Of Destinction

Final score:

57points

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Sivi 6 years ago

Aaah! so fluffy looking!

7points

#26

Moth Eggs In Spider Silk, Illinois, Image Of Destinction

Final score:

56points

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The Cappy 6 years ago

We'll be seeing this in a future Star Wars movie. Some alien city, I'm predicting.

6points

#27

Liquid Crystal, Colorado, Honorable Mention

Final score:

50points

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Daria B 6 years ago

For some reason, it reminds me of traditional Chinese dresses. I can totally imagine this as a pattern.

9points

#28

Parus Major (Titmouse) Down Feather, Podlaskie, 16th Place

Final score:

47points

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Copper Vyxen 6 years ago

Thank you for putting the common name in the title!

11points

#29

Nerves (In Green) Under The Skin Of A Mouse (Hair Follicles Are Shown In Red And Blue), Uk, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

43points

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Zori the degu 6 years ago

It looks like a tree covered in fruit bats...

7points

#30

Dyed Human Hair, Steinberg, 17th Place

Final score:

41points

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Zori the degu 6 years ago

That's both disgusting and beautiful... Is it even possible?

3points

#31

Natural Sponge, Uk, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

41points

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KT Trondsen 6 years ago

Beautiful

3points

#32

Common Mestra Butterfly Eggs, Laid On A Leaf Of Tragia Sp., Texas, 14th Place

Final score:

39points

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Maverick rudometkin 6 years ago

they look like cacti

3points

#33

Stamen (Flower Organ),yahud Monsun, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

37points

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Krista Leary 6 years ago

This looks like a purple snake....

1point

#34

Circocerus (Beetle) Head, Kiel, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

36points

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Angie Woollard 6 years ago

So cool and colourful! Looks like a Dr. Seuss creature.

12points

#35

Hippocampal (Brain) Region, California, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

36points

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Mama Panda 6 years ago

This is what a dirty mind looks like lol

10points

#36

Growing Cartilage-Like Tissue In The Lab Using Bone Stem Cells (Collagen Fibers In Green And Fat Deposits In Red), Southampton, 9th Place

Final score:

35points

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Vlad Horobet 6 years ago

Growing Christmas-tree -like tissue in the lab...

12points

#37

Newborn Rat Cochlea With Sensory Hair Cells (Green) And Spiral Ganglion Neurons (Red), Bern, 8th Place

Final score:

32points

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George Szirb 6 years ago

Beautiful image of the sound transmission.

3points

#38

Simple Eyes Of Ectemnius With Condensation, Tonbridge, Image Of Destinction

Final score:

31points

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Summer Woodsong 6 years ago

Ectemnius is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae - Wikipedia

27points

#39

Pleurotaenium Ovatum, Panama, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

29points

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Steve Bowman 6 years ago

Also known as the origin of Darth Maul.

20points

#40

Warp Knitted Curtain Fabric, Zwijnaarde, Honorable Mention

Final score:

28points

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Krista Leary 6 years ago

omg, upvote for the one thing on this list that isn't mouse parts!

11points

#41

Label-Free Optical Imaging Of Human Breast Tissue, Illinois, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

28points

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Sharon Hahn 6 years ago

Wow! No wonder it's so hard to see a small lump!

4points

#42

Exaerete Frontalis From The Collections Of The Oxford University Museum Of Natural History, Ramsbury, 13th Place

Final score:

27points

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Krista Leary 6 years ago

Is this a fly?

0points

#43

Phyllobius Roboretanus (Weevil), Keszthely, 10th Place

Final score:

23points

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Wanda Queen 6 years ago

Bow chikka wa wa

25points

#44

Migrasome Of A Mouse Fibroblast Cell (L929), Beijing, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

23points

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Elizabeth Butler 6 years ago

Fire dragon!!

2points

#45

Human Tongue Blood Vessels Injected With Lead Chromate, New York, Honorable Mention

Final score:

20points

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jo_shortland 6 years ago

Gross

7points

#46

Sagittal Section Of Mouse Cerebellum (Brain), Athens, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

20points

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Echo 6 years ago

This is a great picture. It shows so much!

0points

#47

Early Stage Development Of Alcea Rosea (An Ornamental Flower), Usa, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

19points

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webbkitten 6 years ago

Does anyone else see a pile of beans?

1point

#48

Prostate Cancer Cells, Usa, Image Of Distinction

Final score:

17points

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Blue Hippo 6 years ago

Looks and is aggressive...

4points

#49

Ciliated Respiratory Epithelial Cells (Yellow) And Mucus Producing Goblet Cells (Cyan), Containing Tight Junctions (Red) And Nuclei (Blue), Rotterdam, Honorable Mention

Final score:

14points

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#50

Embryonic Body Wall From A Developing Mus Musculus, Tennessee, 19th Place

Final score:

13points

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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago

It looks like free embroidery

3points

#51

Dye-Injected Hippocampal Interneuron In Mouse Brain Section, Budapest, Honorable Mention

Final score:

11points

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Vlad Horobet 6 years ago

"mom, i've dyed my hair pink, now i'm pretty" "oh honey, i've told you, it's how you are on the inside that matter" "well, gotta go to dye my hippocampal interneurons".

4points