2008 Photo Contest, Nature, 1st prize
Photographer

David Liittschwager

National Geographic

01 January, 2006

Marine microfauna from the ocean off Hawaii come under closer focus. When magnified, a splash of seawater can be seen to contain bug-like copepods, glassy arrowworms, fish eggs, a big-eyed larval crab the size of a rice grain, and much more besides.

About the photographer

David Liittschwager

This image is collected in