![Mountain Sun](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/gall/gallery12-1.jpg?t=638430697796449840)
Mountain Sun
Sunlight over the snow-capped Himalayas, recorded on a CCD camera. Manoj Ku Mridha
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01 Dec 2012
![Dynamic Freeze](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/gall/gallery12-2.jpg?t=638430697847724084)
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](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/gall/gallery12-3.jpg?t=638430697892100075)
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](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/gall/gallery12-4.jpg?t=638430697932569569)
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](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/gall/gallery12-5.jpg?t=638430697965382545)
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](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/gall/gallery12-6.jpg?t=638430697969132570)
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](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/gall/gallery12-7.jpg?t=638430697973351538)
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](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/gall/gallery12-8.jpg?t=638430697977101583)
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](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/gall/gallery12-9.jpg?t=638430697981476739)
“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](https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/photocontests/gall/gallery12-10.jpg?t=638430697798324898)
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