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20 BioScapes Contest Photos--Life Viewed through the Microscope

Winners and other images from the 2008 BioScapes Photo Competition use light microscopes to portray extraordinary images of biological specimens

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9. Mr. Charles Krebs 20 BioScapes Contest Photos--Life Viewed through the Microscope :: Winners and other image

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9. Mr. Charles Krebs Jewel beetle, Chrysochroa fulgens, including part of the beetle's eye [upper right], viewed at approximately 40X using diffuse reflected light. Multiple images were combined for extended depth of field. The extraordinarily pure color is the result of iridescence caused by complex layers of chitin nanostructures.
Charles Krebs, Issaquah, Wash., U.S.

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