<<A tiny, floating carnivorous plant has been selected from more than 2,000 other images as the winner of the 2013 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition. The tiny plant is native to the U.S.
The humped bladderwort (Utricularia gibba) is a floating plant that eats microinvertebrates. The winners of the contest were announced at a gala Sunday night. The competition honors light-microscope images and movies of humans, plants and animals subjects around the world. Igor Siwanowicz, a neurobiologist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Farm Research Campus, captured the unique image.
Siwanowicz used the cellulose-binding fluorescent dye Calcofluor to color the cells of the plant so they would become more visible and then magnified the plant 100 times using a microscope, LiveScience explains. Viewers can easily spot the green algae on the surface of the plant, as well as the tiny trigger hairs that help the plant catch food. “BioScapes movies and still images combine Art and science to remind us of the fascination and wonder of the natural world and highlight vital work going on in laboratories.”
The unique carnivorous plant was not the only noteworthy photograph in the contest. The winners are determined based on aesthetics and the science that they depict. One noteworthy image in the top 10 is of a black mastiff bat embryo. The baby bat is still white and hairless, and its wings have just become long enough for it to cover its eyes, in the appropriately named peek-a-boo stage. Other interesting images included a lily flower bud, two baby bugs, and a transparent “glassworm” larva. The photograph of the two bugs, termed “brothers” was taken when they were just two hours old.>>
Re: Combining Art & Science
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 6:43 pm
by BMAONE23
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Another way to combine Art & Science
Re: Combining Art & Science
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:03 pm
by Beyond
Re: Combining Art & Science
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 12:58 am
by Ann
I remember the Fronkenstein movie! Hilarious!!!
Art, you quoted this:
One noteworthy image in the top 10 is of a black mastiff bat embryo. The baby bat is still white and hairless, and its wings have just become long enough for it to cover its eyes, in the appropriately named peek-a-boo stage.
Ah, I wanted to see that one!
Ann
Re: Combining Art & Science
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 9:36 pm
by BMAONE23
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Re: Combining Art & Science
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 9:37 pm
by Ann
Well, that's pretty artful, BMAONE, but where's the science?
Ann
Re: Combining Art & Science
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 9:54 pm
by Chris Peterson
Ann wrote:Well, that's pretty artful, BMAONE, but where's the science?
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Re: Combining Art & Science
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:00 pm
by Beyond
Re: Combining Art & Science
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:52 pm
by hwriter
I was at the Berlin film festival this year and watched a Chilean documentary called El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button). I would describe it as a long poem inerweaving astronomy, the ocean and the political history of Chile. Yes, it's as enigmatic as it sounds! You can see a snippet from the film below. I hope it goes into wider distribution soon. Keep your eyes peeled, everyone...
hwriter wrote:I was at the Berlin film festival this year and watched a Chilean documentary called El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button). I would describe it as a long poem inerweaving astronomy, the ocean and the political history of Chile. Yes, it's as enigmatic as it sounds! You can see a snippet from the film below. I hope it goes into wider distribution soon. Keep your eyes peeled, everyone...
