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Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition 2013 Reveals an Intimate Look at Flowers and More (PHOTOS)
Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition 2013 Reveals an Intimate Look at Flowers and More (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024 3:39 PM

1st Place: Dr. Igor Siwanowicz

Open trap of the humped bladderwort, an aquatic carnivorous plant. This floating plant digests microinvertebrates that are sucked into its trap a millisecond after they touch its trigger hairs. (Igor Siwanowicz, HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus/2013 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition)

The 10th Anniversary Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition is honoring more than 65 photos that give you an intimate look at nature.

Olympus BioScapes says the competition is all about the place where . This year's contest attracted more than 2,100 entries from 71 countries.

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Many of the winning images provide a sharp view of organisms you'd find in your garden, from flower buds to petals to the insects that buzz around them. In fact, the first-place photo, taken by Dr. Igor Siwanowicz of the HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Va., captures the humped bladderwort floating plant with its trap open.

Olympus BioScapes is sharing handful of its winning images with weather.com. You can learn more about the contest and see more images on their .

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