By Kianna Butts

Fibers from my dangling earring, 10x.

By Anne Light

This specimen is burgundy lipstick smeared on a slide. This image was very easy to take but depth of field was hard to control. 20x. 

By Gracie Twigg

Coffee Hound card. 20x.

By Rishe' Joseph

Skittles fun size pack. 20x

By Jack Orton

Garlic Salt. Phase contrast, 20x.

By Kat Neubacher

Mixed highlighters. Phase contrast, 10x.

By Bryan Lopez-Yanes

Gold cross necklace. 10x. 

By Trinity Dovan

Juice from vesicle of a lime. Phase contrast, 40x. 

By Lisa Ong

Mandarin orange peel. Polarization, 20x.

By Emily Plant

Hot girls have asthma!! Poof of my inhaler sprayed directly on a slide. Phase contrast, 40x.

By Anne Light

This specimen is one layer of a tissue corner. This image is cool because the cotton is birefringent material. Polarization, 10x.  

By Fareeha Ahmed

Holographic glitter nail polish. I like how the glitter specks diffract the light so well that the dark background has a rainbow hue! Looks like space to me. Darkfield, 10x. 

By Lisa Ong

Non-hormonal placebo pill from birth control pack that was crushed with a mortar and pestle. Polarization microscopy, 10x.

By Kianna Butts

BC Aspirin Powder. Polarization microscopy, 10x. 

By Julia Dorf

As music icon, Ke$ha, once said, "Dirt and glitter cover the floor." Pictured here are pieces of iridescent glitter. DIC microscopy, 20x. 

By Kat Neubacher

Tea leaves. 20x.

By Nikki Cubbage

Peacock feather. Darkfield, 10x.

By Jackson Tester

Spiked Pollen Grain. Phase Contrast, 20x

By Leah Dobson

Butter's skin (a 2-year-old ball python). Darkfield, 10x. 

By Leah Dobson

Butter's skin (a 2-year-old ball python). Phase contrast, 10x.

By Emily Plant

Fungal spores and nematodes from a moldy peach. 20x.

By Fareeha Ahmed

Lip tint on a wet mount slide (with lots of air bubbles). DIC microscopy, 20x. 

By Nikki Cubbage

Image of a slice of tomato. The inside of the tomato imaged better than the skin because it allowed more light to penetrate, but made it harder to have a flat sample to keep everything in focus.

By Gracie Twigg

Drivers license. 10x.

By Julia Dorf

Pictured here is mold that was growing on my roommate's croissant. DIC microscopy, 100x.