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2007 Winners

Category 3: Science As Art

Winner
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Photographer: Claire Hoving
Title: Clover-leaf Intersection
Description: A gravid female nematode worm (Nippostrongylus brasiliensis) in a clover leaf formation, similar to what can be seen on the highways of the world. The worm’s hooked posterior end and eggs are also visible on the image. The photo was taken at the University of Cape Town’s Division of Immunology laboratories at the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine.

Runner Up
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Photographer: Kim van Zyl
Title: Mushroom Cloud
Description: Smoke from a burning incense stick. A teaspoon was turned upside down above the incense stick to create turbulence in the rising, warm smoke.

Runner Up
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Photographer: John Hobson
Title: Spiral
Description: The tail of a chameleon.

Runner Up
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Photographer: Kim van Zyl
Title: New Worlds
Description: Drops of water falling from a kitchen tap. The colours are created by colourful objects placed approximately 30 cm behind the drops.


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