Dynamic Freeze

Cracks and bubbles in the frozen surface of Lake Alpine, Calif., U.S.A. Csaba Toth, LBNL, Berkeley, Calif., U.S.A.

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01 Dec 2012

Mirror Image

Perfect reflection at Badwater Basin, Death Valley, Calif., U.S.A. Philipp Jester

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01 Dec 2012

Rope of Water

Refraction of sunlight and surrounding scene in a twisted jet of water. Philipp Jester

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01 Dec 2012

Optical Storage

Diffraction off the surface of a compact disc. Ricardo Torres, Centro de Láseres Pulsados

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01 Dec 2012

Laser Processing

A sample is processed by a femtosecond laser: The pulses are focused by means of a microscope objective inside the sample, what allows to modify some of the material properties. Rocio Borrego-Varillas, Universidad de Salamanca

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01 Dec 2012

Missing Shadow 1

Third place: The flames lack a shadow, as all of the weak plasmas are transparent in the visible. Zoltán György Horváth, Wigner Research Center for Physics, Hungary

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01 Dec 2012

Missing Shadow 2

The flames lack a shadow, as all of the weak plasmas are transparent in the visible. Zoltán György Horváth, Wigner Research Center for Physics, Hungary

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01 Dec 2012

“Wolf” Moon

The “wolf” moon is a full moon that occurs in January. Robert E. Schalck, Hardin Optical, U.S.A.

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01 Dec 2012

Moon Glow Clouds

The moon peaks behind clouds in a nighttime scene. Robert E. Schalck, Hardin Optical, U.S.A.

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01 Dec 2012