June’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
Taxonomic titan
Disco rover
Cassini’s swansong continues
Not-Saturn
Helpful Hyalinobatrachium
Secure seeds
Coral crystals
Aftermath
Super shock
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Party slugs, pseudo-Saturn and a dancing Moon rover. Nature (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.22236
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