Congratulations to Erik A. Rodriguez on winning the 2020 Optical Society (OSA) and Optics & Photonics News (OPN) Photo Contest! Erik will receive a canvas-stretched print, a $250 Amazon gift card, and publication of the winning image in Optics & Photonics News.
Everyday Beauty: Who knew something you eat every day could look so beautiful? Table salt (NaCl) imaged by polarization microscopy with a Nomarski prism.
—Erik A. Rodriguez, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
https://www.osa-opn.org/home/gallery/photo_contests/photo_contest_2020/
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