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      Compound Eye Readers' Best Science and Nature Photographs of 2012

      • By Alex Wild on December 31, 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.

      Adrian Thysse

      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

       

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      ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

      Alex Wild

      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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