Category: 2025
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Mangrove Watercolor
Label Mangrove Watercolor Artist Simone Schuster Description A watercolor painting of Rhizophora mangle Type Painting Artist Affiliation Graduate Student Department Department of Biological Science Research Area Nutrient Cycling: Nitrogen in coastal wetlands Research Group Site Breithaupt Lab Date 2025
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Just Within Reach
Label Just Within Reach Artist Huangfei Xiao Description A mysterious comet visited Earth in 2024. Sitting on the rooftop of my car, beneath the Milky Way, it felt as if I could reach out and touch it. Type DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro Artist Affiliation Graduate Student Department Department of Physics Area of Research Astrophysics…
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Life Returns After the Storm
Label Life Returns After the Storm Artist Alexis Culley Description This piece depicts freshwater fishes found in streams most impacted by Hurricane Helene in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. The streams these organisms call home experienced immense flooding as Hurricane Helene brought detrimental levels of rainfall to the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina and…
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Won’t Back Down
Label Won’t Back Down Artist Ashley Arthur Description A juvenile gator breaches the surface of a swamp, staying above the water to keep an eye on potential predators. Type Camera Artist Affiliation Undergraduate Student Department School of Information Area of Research Media Communications Studies Date 2023
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Sunset over the nBUS
Label Sunset over the nBUS Artist Paige Payne Description I captured this sunset during our April 2024 research cruise in the northern Benguela Upwelling System off the coast of Namibia, which was also my first research cruise. As part of the evening shift, I helped filter seawater from the CTD (conductivity, temperature, and depth) device…
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Wisdom Teeth Self Portrait
Label Wisdom Teeth Self Portrait Artist Maile Hart Description Preparing for wisdom teeth removal. Type iPhone Camera Artist Affiliation Undergraduate Student Department Department of Art Area of Research Studio Art Date 2023
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Life in Technicoral
Label Life in Technicoral Artist Maya Roselli Description This is a photo of a rugose coral in thin section viewed under a microscope using cross-polarized light. The coral is comprised of the mineral calcite, which appears in a rainbow of colors when viewed in this type of light. I took this image on my phone…
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Gardens of the Deep
Label Gardens of the Deep Artist Sierra Landreth Description Deep-sea coral aggregations are commonly referred to as “beds” or “gardens” and can serve as essential habitats for various benthic marine organisms. These striking corals, such as the ones depicted in this piece, come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and colors and don’t require…
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Patterns of a Drying World
Label Patterns of a Drying World Artist Amrutha S V Description This pattern formed on a glass slide when a small drop of sodium bicarbonate solution evaporated. The diameter is about 0.5 inches. Sodium bicarbonate is baking powder. Type Digital Camera Artist Affiliation Postdoctoral Scholar Department Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Area of Research Pattern…
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SEM Imaging of Polycrystalline Samples of Cr Intercalated TaTe2
Label SEM Imaging of Polycrystalline Samples of Cr Intercalated TaTe2 Artist David Saakov Description This image was created using the JOEL Scanning Electron Microscope in the Chemical Sciences Laboratory using 25kV accelerating voltage for higher resolution. The SEM is a high-powered microscope using electron beams to capture images of extremely small samples, in this case,…