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Liz Burr

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Sheril Kirshenbaum

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Tara C. Smith

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Ziya Tong

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06.22.08

Micro-Beauty

by Ziya Tong Department: Correlations

I just came across these fantastic images from Lennart Nilsson's site and had to post them. Seriously, who would think subway scum and malaria could look this beautiful? Nilsson is one of the pioneers of medical photography, and was also the first person to ever capture images of the HIV and SARS virus. And for those of you who saw our in-studio segment with the brilliant Felice Frankel - Felice was recently awarded with the Lennart Nilsson Award recognizing extraordinary image makers in science!

Fallopian tube
Skin and particles from the city subway system
Pollen grain
Malaria parasites have multiplied inside two red blood cells. One has burst open