Possibly one of my favorite photography contests, Nikon's Small World Photomicrography Competition rewards the world's best photomicrographers who make critically important scientific contributions to life sciences, bio-research and materials science.
This year's winner, awarded last month, was Jonas King with an image of an Anopheles gambiae (mosquito) heart at 100x magnification (above). Essential in the ongoing research of malaria, an infectious disease causing an estimated 1.5-2.5 million annual deaths [1] is the study of its carriers, mosquitoes, and how they carry and transmit disease and other pathogens. The image in itself provides insight into how mosquitoes move blood to all regions of their bodies.
[1] source: The CIA World Factbook
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