Best Science Images of the Year

The 2007 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge awards are given by the National Science Foundation and the journal Science. This image is a CT scan of the structure inside the human nose, one of the winners in the photography category. See more winners at National Geographic. Link

What a pretty looking sinus! Check the slide presentation on Science magazines site for some cool movies also:

http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/vis2007/

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I just can't help by have the National Geographic theme song play in my head every time I hear the name Nation Geographic.

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At first glance, i was thinking "What is that? Some sort of fantastic newly discovered sea creature?" Then I read the caption. Kind of neat to think thats in our noses (if somewhat less colorful without the CTscan to pretty it up).

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Ditto Nora - I thought it was a new species of orchid!

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