Best Overall Photomicrograph (2009)
Image courtesy of Sebastian Sparenga. All rights reserved.
Silicon Wafer
Sebastian Sparenga, McCrone Research Institute
Stereoscope with pseudocoaxial lighting
Sparenga’s photomicrograph shows a series of soil minerals mounted in collodion on a silicon wafer. The estimated magnification is 25X on a Leica stereomicroscope.