Nikon has declared the winners of the 2008 Small World Photomicrogaphy Competition. The winner was this image of filaments within diatoms shot through polarizing filters by retired microsopist Michael Stringer.

Is there any limit to the creative potential of LEGOS?

Thanks to Ilya Varlamov for all images

It will be hard to avoi

When Phil Plait, at his blog Bad Astronomy, goes nuts over a space image, that’s just another day at the office for him.

A small followup on yesterday's post: