“The Glass Forest” by Maria De Stefano, The Second University of Naples

In the September 26th issue of Science, the National Science Foundation announced that the winner for the 2008 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge would be a photograph of a microscale community of diatoms entitled “The Glass Forest”. Diatoms are “unicellular algae characterized by a peculiar glass-like cell wall“. You can download hi-res versions of some of the winners of the challenge here.

See all of the winners from the 2008 Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge at New Scientist. Thanks Winston!

Click inside if you want to see the cover for the September 26th issue of Science journal.