This gallery contains the national finalists of the 2017 Wiki Science Competition in the United States. The jury selected 25 finalists across five categories from 1,180 submissions. These images represented the United States at the international level. For more information see the main results page.
Additional prizes include: U.S. Jury's Choice Award: the top five images selected by the U.S. jury International runners-up: images selected as runners-up for the top prize for each category
Lab Noir by DuckLionDog. As the sun sets on a forgotten campus on the ragged edge of a dirty town, a lone molecular ecologist prepares to find out just how dirty it really is.
Weary But Hopeful by Nels2235. 67 days after Hurricane Maria hit his rural community in Puerto Rico, high school junior Nelson Badillo hopes to finish his robot in time to reach the U.S. one more time. Everything is a challenge this year.
U.S. Jury's Choice AwardThe Galaxy Within by Dustin Johnsen. A 10x image of cultured mouse cortical neurons and astrocytes in cell culture. Neurons are stained red (MAP2 protein), while astrocytes are stained green (GFAP). As the presumed seat of consciousness, the infinity of questions still surrounding the brain are as nebulous as those surrounding our infinite universe. We are but stars in the end; and in the beginning.
Three Species of Pollen Grains by Asja Radja. A scanning electron micrograph of false-colored Passiflora (passion vine), Spathiphyllum (peace lily), and Aster (daisy) pollen. The intraspecific pattern stability and interspecific pattern variation may be part of a broader class of biological patterns that result from first-order phase transitions on the surfaces of spherical cells.
International runner-upBirefringent Water Ice by Tom Wagner. A thin layer of water ice that is two inches across between crossed polarizing filters. Bubbles are visible from air that came out of solution as the water froze.
Paddlefish 5-Day Embryo To Hatching by Betty Wills. An American paddlefish embryo's development from the first appearance of notochord to the larval stage.
Birth of a Multi-Nucleated Cell by Erin Rod. Fluorescent proteins visualize the cell cycle progression. IFP2.0-hGem(1/110) fluorescence (green) highlights the S, G2, and M phases, while smURFP-hCdtI(30/120) fluorescence (orange) highlights the G0 and G1 phases.
International runner-upU.S. Jury's Choice AwardEvolution of a Tornado by Jason Weingart. This image was created from eight images shot in sequence as a tornado formed north of Minneola, Kansason May 24, 2016. This prolific supercell went on to produce at least 12 tornadoes, and at times had two and even three tornadoes on the ground at once.
Preparing samples for NMR
Scientist at the Microscope
Teaching Neuroscience
Dissecting Neurons
Smiling at the Lab Bench
Zebrafish
Culture Plates
Lab Notebook
Love what you do
Scientists at Work by Katherine Stember. Members of a biology laboratory carry out research and education activities.
Microscope Images with Polarized Light by PW31. This image set illustrates how polarized light microscopy can be used to create colorful images, analyze tissue structure, and produce microscopic landscapes.
U.S. Jury's Choice Award: the top five images selected by the U.S. jury
International runners-up: images selected as runners-up for the top prize for each category
Andromeda Galaxy by Michael S Adler. This image of the Andromeda Galaxy includes 99 10-minute exposures for a total of 16.5 hours of imaging.
First Breath by Matt Burtchaell. The first breath of a child being born by Caesarean section.
Banana Slug and Sword Fern of Damocles by Msuneson. A banana slug in a precarious position hanging off the tip of a sword fern in Patrick's Point State Park, California.
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Lab Noir by DuckLionDog. As the sun sets on a forgotten campus on the ragged edge of a dirty town, a lone molecular ecologist prepares to find out just how dirty it really is.
Ice Core Researchers in Greenland by Helle Astrid Kjær. Ice core researchers drilling at the East Greenland Ice-Core Project site.
Ice Core Researchers in Greenland by Helle Astrid Kjær. Ice core researchers drilling at the East Greenland Ice-Core Project site.
Sample Collection Panoramic by HSchiebel121. Scientist Francesco Peri collects a sediment core in a New England salt marsh during autumn.
Weary But Hopeful by Nels2235. 67 days after Hurricane Maria hit his rural community in Puerto Rico, high school junior Nelson Badillo hopes to finish his robot in time to reach the U.S. one more time. Everything is a challenge this year.
Three Species of Pollen Grains by Asja Radja. A scanning electron micrograph of false-colored Passiflora (passion vine), Spathiphyllum (peace lily), and Aster (daisy) pollen. The intraspecific pattern stability and interspecific pattern variation may be part of a broader class of biological patterns that result from first-order phase transitions on the surfaces of spherical cells.
Body Louse by Noizyboy1961. A fresh, unstained, whole mounted specimen of body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus), obtained from a post-doctoral fellow's jacket. This phase contrast image reveals the trabeculae.
Earthquakes in the Cascadia Subduction Zone by Davezelenka. Earthquakes are displayed in a cross section from the Olympic Mountains east to Seattle and south to Mount Rainer in the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
Green Fluorescent Protein Structure by Erin Rod. This video shows a rotating ribbon diagram of green fluorescent protein with the chromophore in yellow.
Preparing samples for NMR
Scientist at the Microscope
Teaching Neuroscience
Dissecting Neurons
Smiling at the Lab Bench
Zebrafish
Culture Plates
Lab Notebook
Love what you do
Altiplano
Large Rock Formation near Salar de Tare
Salar de Tare
Vincuna & Lagunas Miscanti
Piedras Rojas
Piedras Rojas
Near Piedras Rojas
A Horse Along the Carretera Austral
Marble Caves
Marble Caves
Marble Caves
Leones Glacier Lake
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Vitamin C Fans
Vitamin C Molten Crystal
Vitamin C Wheel
Wavy Collagen
Wavy Collagen
Scar Collagen
Sirius Red
Muscle
Willemite in Natural and Ultraviolet Light by Jud McCranie. These images show willemite in natural light, and how it fluoresces in ultraviolet light. The rock is from Franklin, New Jersey, and was on display at the Gem and Mineral Museum in Franklin, North Carolina.