photographed on an expedition into the jungles of Panama.
Details of a quartet of decorated Stradivarius violins from the Smithsonian's collection of musical instruments in the National museum of American History.
This photograph was a 1990 winner in the Kodak Impact Through Applied Photography contest. ==Smithsonian Photo #86-11283.
exhibits developer and former director of the Insect Zoo in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History with a selection of insects walking on her. Included are: "Muriel", a Mexican Orange-Kneed Tarantula (Euathlus smithii); A New Guinea Walking Stick (Heteropteryx dilatata); an Australian Walking Stick (Extatosoma tiaratum); a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphodorhina portentosa); and a Unicorn Beetle. (The Dragonfly is a jewelry broach).
This photograph was a 1992 winner in the Kodak Impact Through Applied Photography contest. ==Smithsonian photo #92-13506
under UV light conditions. Dr. Eldredge Bermingham, a molecular evolutionist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, isolates DNA, visualized with a stain that fluoresces in ultraviolet light. Comparison of genetic material has frequently shown that what was thought to be a single species is actually composed of several very similar species - critically important information for conservation of the world's biodiversity.
This photograph was a 1991 winner in the Kodak Impact Through Applied Photography contest in the Scientific/Biomedical category.
The various colors in this natural candelabrun of elbaite, a mineral of the tourmaline group, were produced by changes in the solution from which the crystals grew. It was found at the Tourmaline Queen mine in Pala, California.
This photograph was the winner of the gem and mineral photography competition, announced at the gem and mineral show in Phoenix, Arizona. ==Smithsonian photo #78-3180
(Bradipus infuscatus) hanging out in a cicropia tree which is the sloth's favorite jungle food source.
This photograph was a 1987 winner in the Kodak/Impact photo contest (Scientific/techincal catagory).
Mushrooms photographed on an expedition into the jungles of Panama.
This photograph was a 1987 winner in the Kodak/Impact photo contest (Scientific/techincal catagory).
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