The Princeton University Art of Science exhibition isn't your average art show.
True to Albert Einstein's quote — "the greatest scientists are artists as well"— which sits on the exhibition's home page, each of the images was made or taken during scientific research.
The university holds the competition every year and they just released their 2014 image gallery. We picked out a few of our favorites from the winners.
The images range from microscope photographs to 3-D simulations to a typical photo of a not-so-typical phenomenon.
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You know those marks left when a droplet of water evaporates off the table and leaves a splotch? This photo, called "Cave Of Crystals," is of one of those, but left by a protein from cow's blood instead.
Photo by Hyoungsoo Kim, François Boulogne, and Howard A.Stone.
This strange coral-looking specimen is actually a mushroom. The photo, "Beautiful Destroyer," was taken in the Panamanian tropical rainforest where the mushroom produces nitrogen, an element vital to soil health.
Photo by Sarah A. Batterman
"Failed Bond" is actually a photo of a failed attempt to bond silicon and glass. When the bond is successful, the two materials form the smooth grey surface in the upper right. When it isn't, they create the beautiful colors on the lower left.
Photo by Andrew Sharo
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