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src="https://opnmedia.blob.core.windows.net/$web/opn/media/images/photocontests/2024/56-contest-24.jpg?ext=.jpg" alt="Water on the moon"> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="Water on the moon" data-image-id="#image0" data-image-link="/home/gallery/after_images/2024/24-12-01/" data-text="In a stop-action shot of water dripping from a faucet into a blue cup of water, motion is frozen by a flash that illuminates an image of the moon. The water drops act as lenses that bring the moon into focus, morphing from a cylindrical lens at the top to a spherical lens at the bottom.[OPN 2024 Photo Contest Editors&rsquo; Choice]
&nbsp;" data-owner="Fredrik Fatemi, VA, USA" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Water on the moon </a> </h5> In a stop-action shot of water dripping from a faucet into a blue cup of water, motion is frozen by a flash that illuminates an image of the moon. The water drops act as lenses that bring the moon into focus, morphing from a cylindrical lens at the top to a spherical lens at the bottom.[OPN 2024 Photo Contest Editors’ Choice]   <br> <p> <br> <em> —Fredrik Fatemi, VA, USA </em> </p> <p> <small>01 Dec 2024</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card-columns mt-1"> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image1" class="card_image" src="https://opnmedia.blob.core.windows.net/$web/opn/media/images/afterimages/2024/24-11-01.jpg?ext=.jpg" alt="Laser-Induced Damages"> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="Laser-Induced Damages" data-image-id="#image1" data-image-link="/home/gallery/after_images/2024/24-11-01/" data-text="Laser-induced damage to a dielectric high-reflection coating on fused silica after destructive testing of the damage threshold. Delamination of coating layers down to the substrate can be observed at sites exposed to very high fluences over many shots." data-owner="Frederik Hasselmann,  OHB System AG, Munich, Germany" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Laser-Induced Damages </a> </h5> Laser-induced damage to a dielectric high-reflection coating on fused silica after destructive testing of the damage threshold. Delamination of coating layers down to the substrate can be observed at sites exposed to very high fluences over many shots. <br> <p> <br> <em> —Frederik Hasselmann,  OHB System AG, Munich, Germany </em> </p> <p> <small>01 Nov 2024</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image2" class="card_image" src="https://opnmedia.blob.core.windows.net/$web/opn/media/images/afterimages/2024/24-10-01.jpg?ext=.jpg" alt="Internal surface of a ceramic bowl"> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="Internal surface of a ceramic bowl" data-image-id="#image2" data-image-link="/home/gallery/after_images/2024/24-10-01/" data-text="The internal surface of a ceramic bowl placed on blue paper and illuminated with sunlight forms a caustic&mdash;the curve where all light rays that have been reflected from a curved surface meet. Fujifilm XH-2, f/11, 1/3 sec, ISO-125, focal length 33 mm." data-owner="Andrea Aiello, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Internal surface of a ceramic bowl </a> </h5> The internal surface of a ceramic bowl placed on blue paper and illuminated with sunlight forms a caustic—the curve where all light rays that have been reflected from a curved surface meet. Fujifilm XH-2, f/11, 1/3 sec, ISO-125, focal length 33 mm. <br> <p> <br> <em> —Andrea Aiello, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany </em> </p> <p> <small>01 Oct 2024</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image3" class="card_image" src="https://opnmedia.blob.core.windows.net/$web/opn/media/images/afterimages/2024/24-09-01.jpg?ext=.jpg" alt="Thin crystalline film "> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="Thin crystalline film " data-image-id="#image3" data-image-link="/home/gallery/after_images/2024/24-09-01/" data-text="Thin crystalline film of cesium chloride imaged in compensated polarized light microscopy, magnification 100&times;." data-owner="Karl Gaff, Art of Science Photography, Dublin, Ireland, Wiki Science Competition 2021; CC-BY-4.0 " data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Thin crystalline film </a> </h5> Thin crystalline film of cesium chloride imaged in compensated polarized light microscopy, magnification 100×. <br> <p> <br> <em> —Karl Gaff, Art of Science Photography, Dublin, Ireland, Wiki Science Competition 2021; CC-BY-4.0  </em> </p> <p> <small>01 Sep 2024</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image4" class="card_image" src="https://opnmedia.blob.core.windows.net/$web/opn/media/images/afterimages/2024/24-07-01.jpg?ext=.jpg" alt="Green Fire"> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="Green Fire" data-image-id="#image4" data-image-link="/home/gallery/after_images/2024/24-07-01/" data-text="A light sheet generated with a laser passes through a turbulent flow of humid air." data-owner="Emiliano Hernández Figueroa, Instituto de Energías Renovables de la UNAM, Temixco, Mexico" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Green Fire </a> </h5> A light sheet generated with a laser passes through a turbulent flow of humid air. <br> <p> <br> <em> —Emiliano Hernández Figueroa, Instituto de Energías Renovables de la UNAM, Temixco, Mexico </em> </p> <p> <small>01 Jul 2024</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image5" class="card_image" src="https://opnmedia.blob.core.windows.net/$web/opn/media/images/afterimages/2024/24-06-01.jpg?ext=.jpg" alt="Colorful Scattering "> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="Colorful Scattering " data-image-id="#image5" data-image-link="/home/gallery/after_images/2024/24-06-01/" data-text="The scattering of light creates vivid colors in 12,479 hanging fibers representing 12,479 famous ancient Chinese paintings in a special exhibition at Jiaxing Culture &amp; Art Centre, Jiaxing, China. 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&nbsp;" data-owner="Zhijun Xu, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhejiang, China" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Colorful Scattering  </a> </h5> The scattering of light creates vivid colors in 12,479 hanging fibers representing 12,479 famous ancient Chinese paintings in a special exhibition at Jiaxing Culture & Art Centre, Jiaxing, China. 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The staggered strips of red and yellow arise from the abnormality of the image stabilization of the iPhone 6S camera.&nbsp;" data-owner="Daqing (Daching) Piao, Oklahoma State  University, Stillwater, OK, USA" data-owner-affiliate="" class="packery_modal-toggle text-primary js-modal-toggle"> Soft tissue illuminated by a headlight </a> </h5> Soft tissue (leg) contact-illuminated by an LED-panel headlight. The red hue results from lower tissue attenuation at that longer wavelength causing red light to re-emit. The yellow is due to stronger surface scattering and the greater spectral intensity of the LED in the yellow band. The staggered strips of red and yellow arise from the abnormality of the image stabilization of the iPhone 6S camera.  <br> <p> <br> <em> —Daqing (Daching) Piao, Oklahoma State  University, Stillwater, OK, USA </em> </p> <p> <small>01 Mar 2024</small> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="card card--gallery"> <div class="card_imagebox"> <img id="image9" class="card_image" src="https://opn-web-afd-d3bfbkd5bcc5asbs.z02.azurefd.net/opn/media/images/afterimages/2024/24-02-01.jpg?t=638416888952618645" alt="The curved surface of a glass of tea "> </div> <div class="card_textbox p-1"> <h5 class="card_title"> <a data-toggle="modal" data-target="#gallery-modal" data-name="The curved surface of a glass of tea " data-image-id="#image9" data-image-link="/home/gallery/after_images/2024/24-02-01/" data-text="The curved surface of a glass of tea and the liquid within refract and focus sunlight into a bright, concentrated spot, which diffuses into an amber-tinted conical shape. 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