My personal favourite, of course, is the photo of agatized dinosaur bone cells. I'll be looking at the internal structure and mineralisation of dinosaur bones for my taphonomy project, although I may not get anything as beautiful as this!
Photomicrographer: Douglas Moore, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, United States
Specimen: Agatized dinosaur bone cells, unpolished, ca. 150 million years old (42X)
Technique: Stereomicroscopy, fiber optics
Image: Courtesy of Nikon Small World
Find the rest of the Nikon Small World Top 20 here.
Photomicrographer: Douglas Moore, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, United States
Specimen: Agatized dinosaur bone cells, unpolished, ca. 150 million years old (42X)
Technique: Stereomicroscopy, fiber optics
Image: Courtesy of Nikon Small World
Find the rest of the Nikon Small World Top 20 here.
