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Compound Eye Readers' Best Science and Nature Photographs of 2012

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I asked for your best Science/Nature images of the year, and wow. Just, wow. The talent that came in exceeded my expectations. You guys are tremendous!

Below, in no particular order, are links to all participants' selections. If you've got a "Best of 2012" gallery you'd like to include, drop a link in the comments and I'll add you.

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Rick Lieder

Crystal Ernst

Daniel Stoupin

Africa Gómez

Best of Vildaphotos (via Jeroen Mentens, who maintains his own list)

Paul Sparks

Michael Marlow

Maxim Piessen

Oscar Blanco

Clay Bolt

Jessica Rosenkrantz

Shahbaz Nihal

Neil Losin & Day's Edge Productions

Todd Pierson

Ted MacRae

Theresa Svoboda

Lea Shell

Andrés Sánchez

John Platt

Josh Kouri

Team Hartmann

Dave Stone

Morgan Jackson

Bob Skinner

Matt Cole

Lee Jaszlics

Harlan Ratcliff

Steve Snyder

Stephane De Greef

John Beetham

James Waters

Meredith Mahoney

Alex Surcica <--- epic field guide!

Guillaume Dauphin

Todd Dreyer

Paul Krusche

Chris Wirth

Brian Cutting

Bill Tyler

The Bug Chicks

Bernardo Cesare

Hannele Luhtasela

Al Denelsbeck

Matt Bertone

Nicky Bay

Mike Lewinski (time-lapse video)

Chris Goforth

UK Wildlife

Andreas Kay

Barbara Vance

Alan Hill

Tom Houslay

Steven Schwartzman

 

Alex Wild is Curator of Entomology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studies the evolutionary history of ants. In 2003 he founded a photography business as an aesthetic complement to his scientific work, and his natural history photographs appear in numerous museums, books and media outlets.

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