The Elegance of Science 2008
1st Place: Urania Kaleidoscope, Andrei Sourakov
2nd Place: Discovering Connections in the Brain, William L. Conte and Roger L. Reep
3rd Place: Release, Kim A. Fitzgerald
Honorable Mention: The Beauty in the Bottle, Huaizhi Kang
Staff Choice: Building Block, Kimberly A. Fitzgerald
Staff Choice: Rise of the Winter Fairies, Romain Stalder
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- 1st Place: Urania Kaleidoscope, Andrei Sourakov
- 2nd Place: Discovering Connections in the Brain, William L. Conte and Roger L. Reep
- 3rd Place: Release, Kim A. Fitzgerald
- Honorable Mention: The Beauty in the Bottle, Huaizhi Kang
- Staff Choice: Building Block, Kimberly A. Fitzgerald
- Staff Choice: Rise of the Winter Fairies, Romain Stalder
- The Oceanic Butcher, Adrian Stier
- A Prickly Pear, Adrian Stier
- Distant Images - The Cluster Lens SDSS1004, Alison Klesman
- Vascular Structure of Gerbera Jamesonii, Amy Alexander
- Vascular structure of Gerbera jamesonii, Amy Alexander
- Vascular structure of Gerbera jamesonii, Amy Alexander
- Vascular structure of Gerbera jamesonii, Amy Alexander
- Gulf Fritillary Kaleidoscope, Andrei Sourakov
- Eye of the Sphinx, Andrei Sourakov
- Diversity of Insects, Andrei Sourakov
- Egg-shell, Andrei Sourakov
- Flower Morphology, Andrew Taylor
- The Bullet Cluster, Anthony Gonzalez
- Water Jet in Water, Anuj Chauhan
- Blue Fate, Ashley Seifert
- Beginnings, Ashley Seifert
- The Breath of Life, Ashley Siefert & Malcolm Maden
- Life after Death at Terrapin Station, Benjamin K. Atkinson
- One of these things is not like the others..., Brandon Moore and Kelly Hyndman
- Molecular Jellyfish, Christos Lampropoulos
- Reinventing Gold, Christos Lampropoulos
- Temperature Inversion, Corene Matyas
- Champion Cell, Dr. Daniel Brown's Lab
- Silicon Valley, Dan Shelby
- Blueberry Ovule, Dario Chavez
- Blueberry Pollen Tetrads, Dario Chavez
- Microscopic Lacework, David MacArthur Jarzen
- Ragweed Plume Moth Larval Setae, Deborah Matthews Lott
- Sundew Plume Moth Head, Deborah Matthews Lott
- Overwhelmed, Donna Williams
- Parasitism Squared, Donna Williams
- Happy Valentine's Day!, Donna Williams
- The Galactic Fountain, Elizabeth Tasker
- The Invisible Galaxy, Elizabeth Tasker & Jonathan Tan
- The Violent Galaxy, Elizabeth Tasker & Jonathan Tan
- Playing With Fire, Emilio Cagmat
- Green Flame, Emilio Cagmat
- Fireworks, Emilio Cagmat
- Creation and Destruction: The Development of the Chicken Embryonic Membranes, Jacob Fyda
- Microscopic Gems, Jason Kwan
- 'Hydra-thecium', Jeff Rollins
- Waveform, Jordan Robson
- Cascading Breakup of a Sedimenting Drop of Rodlike Particles, Joontaek Park & Jason E. Butler
- Atomic Ordering on Solid Surfaces, Jason Weaver & Jose Hinojosa
- Ordering of Oxygen Atoms on a Metal Surface, Jose Hinojosa & Jason Weaver
- Oxide Chain Network, Jose Hinojosa & Jason Weaver
- Angels in the EM field, Karen Chamusco
- Diplo, Kimberly A. Fitzgerald
- Starry Starry Fright, Kimberly A. Fitzgerald
- Phospholipid Bilayer, Kimberly A. Fitzgerald
- The Bang, Lance Legel
- Animal Neuronal Cells, Lan Hoang-Minh
- Substantia Nigra, Lan Hoang-Minh
- Adult Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus, Lan Hoang-Minh
- The Human Heart, Lauren D'Apuzzo
- The Integrity of Creativity (I), Muzammil A. Arain & Luke F. Williams
- The Integrity of Creativity (II), Muzammil A. Arain & Luke F. Williams
- Poinsettia - The Christmas Plant, Marijka Willis
- Poinsettias - The Pastels, Marijka Willis
- Bright Burgundy Poinsettias, Marijka Willis
- Life For Granite, Marijka Willis
- Red Iron, Matt F. Dumont
- Three Trees and One Pond, Matt F. Dumont
- Iron Savanna, Matt Dumont
- Pasteur Pipettes No. 5, Matt F. Dumont
- Inorganic Coral Reef, Matt F. Dumont
- The Swarm, Mengsheng Gao
- Three Dimensional Discharging Structure of a Mountain Thunderstorm Michael Holborn
- Three Dimensional Discharging Structure of a Mountain Thunderstorm, Michael Holborn
- Three Dimensional Discharging Structure of a Mountain Thunderstorm, Michael Holborn
- Three Dimensional Discharging Structure of a Mountain Thunderstorm, Michael Holborn
- Three Dimensional Discharging Structure of a Mountain Thunderstorm, Michael Holborn
- Looking into the Future of Shear Stress Measurements, Miguel Palaviccini
- The InvestiGator, Miguel Palaviccini
- Particle Image Velocimetry, Miguel Palaviccini
- Aeroacoustic Flow Facility, Miguel Palaviccini
- Pelidnota Punctata, Natasha Wright
- Dieuches armatipes, Natasha Wright
- Immunofluorescence Staining for Mycoplasma Infection in Alligator Tissue, Niora Fabian
- Immunofluorescence Staining for Mycoplasma Infection in Alligator Tissue, Niora Fabian
- Immunofluorescence Staining for Mycoplasma Infection in Alligator Tissue, Niora Fabian
- Immunofluorescence Staining for Mycoplasma Infection in Alligator Tissue, Niora Fabian
- Natural symmetry of the ternary eutectic, Orlando Rios
- UF, Ou Chen & Dan Shelby
- Danaus plexippus Pupa, Pablo Sebastián Padrón
- Danaus plexippus Adult, Pablo Sebastián Padrón
- Danaus plexippus Larva, Pablo Sebastián Padrón
- Tropical Sage, Pablo Sebastián Padrón
- I Have Found the Solution, Phillip Shelton
- A Vivid Peacock on a Dark Night, Sunitha Rangaraju, Irina Madorsky, & Doug Smith
- Dancing in a Crystal-Clear Sky, Romain Stalder
- Black Stink Bug Parasite Trichopoda spp., Russ Mizell
- Bioprospecting for Sustainable Energy Solutions: Oil from Algae, Scott J. Edmundson
- Moon River, Siripon Kamontum
- Flight Machine, Spencer Ingley
- The Rotors, Spencer Ingley
- Claspers, Spencer Ingley
- Dewy Dragon, Spencer Ingley
- Tremor Beast, Spencer Ingley
- Chemically Insular, Stephen A. Miller
- "Butterfly" Multicolor Smart Window Device, Svetlana V. Vasilyeva
- Nodding Lady's Tresses (Spiranthes cernua), Tim Johnson
- Macula Eye Tissue via Mass Spectrometry, Orange and Green Iterations, Timothy J. Garrett
- Beginning, Valentina Grajales
- Wonder, Valentina Grajales
- Scientific illustration of Calycogonium formonense (Melastomataceae), Walter S. Judd
- The Eyes of the Thalamus, William L. Conte and Roger L. Reep
- Labelling Patterns of Thalamocortical Connections in the Rat Brain, William L. Conte and Roger L. Reep
- Adult Stem Cell Implantation, William L. Conte and Steven N. Roper
- Surface of Solid Lubricant, Xueying Zhao