About the cover
November 2008 Volume 5 No 11
Congratulations to the winner! This photograph of marine diatoms Pleurosigma sp. took first place in the 2008 Nikon Small World photomicrography competition. The image was taken using darkfield and polarized light by Michael Stringer of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, UK. Other images from this year's competition are on display at http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/.
