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a marred silvery metallic circle surrounds a metal sphere that has a crescent shaped oily dark purple ink smear

4th Place

2026 Photomicrography Competition

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Justin Theodore Benttinen

Affiliation
Benttinen Photography
Berkeley, California, USA

Technique
Image Stacking, Reflected Light

Magnification
20X (Objective Lens Magnification)

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