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Meteorite Close-up, © AMNH\D. Ebel From: Picturing Science: Secrets of the Museum Revealed, at Anthropology in Practice, by Krystal D’Costa. Original source: AMNH Picturing Science Exhibit. Many imaging techniques used in scientific analysis also produce beautiful and intriguing images that can stand alone as art. Here, a montage of meteorite samples are subjected to an [...]