Nature, 1st prize
David Liittschwager
National Geographic
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.
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