{"id":6774,"date":"2017-03-30T19:21:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T22:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/?p=6774"},"modified":"2022-10-18T08:10:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T11:10:38","slug":"breathtaking-science-pictures-annual-vizzies-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/breathtaking-science-pictures-annual-vizzies-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Breathtaking science pictures: Annual Vizzies Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who does not love visual information? We certainly love it at Mind the Graph, especially when it refers to breathtaking science pictures like the ones from the\u00a015th Annual Vizzies Challenge.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A team of experts at NSF and <em>Popular Science<\/em> pared hundreds of submissions down to 50 finalists; from those 50, a panel of outside experts picked five Expert&#8217;s Choice winners. <em>Popular Science<\/em> readers chose five People&#8217;s Choice winners.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=191453\">National Science Foundation<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are all winners from the challenge. You may not understand at first glance what they are about, but this is the best part! Once you understand it, it is mind blowing.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look and share it if you like what you saw!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>PHOTOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Experts&#8217; Choice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A Hungry Starfish Larva:<\/strong> William Gilpin, Vivek N. Prakash, Manu Prakash<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6779\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/imagej150aunitinch.jpg\" alt=\"Breathtaking science pictures: Annual Vizzies Challenge\" width=\"635\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/imagej150aunitinch.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/imagej150aunitinch-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/imagej150aunitinch-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/imagej150aunitinch-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/imagej150aunitinch-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>People&#8217;s Choice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The Octobot: A completely soft machine:<\/strong> Lori K. Sanders, Ryan L. Truby, Michael Wehner, Robert J. Wood, Jennifer A. Lewis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6781\" title=\"Annual Vizzies Challenge\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Vizzies15AnnivPhoto-PC-Octobot.jpg\" alt=\"Breathtaking science pictures: Annual Vizzies Challenge\" width=\"865\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>ILLUSTRATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Experts&#8217; Choice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Self Reflected under white, red, and violet light:<\/strong> Greg Dunn, Brian Edwards, Will Drinker<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6783\" title=\"Annual Vizzies Challenge\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/self-reflected-in-violets-1mb.jpg\" alt=\"Breathtaking science pictures: Annual Vizzies Challenge\" width=\"878\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/self-reflected-in-violets-1mb.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/self-reflected-in-violets-1mb-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/self-reflected-in-violets-1mb-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/self-reflected-in-violets-1mb-1024x754.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>People&#8217;s Choice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Zika Virus:<\/strong> David S. Goodsell<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6782\" title=\"Annual Vizzies Challenge\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15annivzikavirus.jpg\" alt=\"Breathtaking science pictures: Annual Vizzies Challenge\" width=\"632\" height=\"812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15annivzikavirus.jpg 2487w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15annivzikavirus-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15annivzikavirus-768x986.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15annivzikavirus-798x1024.jpg 798w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>POSTERS &amp; GRAPHICS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Experts&#8217; Choice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Here there be robots:<\/strong> Eleanor Lutz<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6780\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15annivherethereberobots.jpg\" alt=\"Breathtaking science pictures: Annual Vizzies Challenge\" width=\"636\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15annivherethereberobots.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15annivherethereberobots-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15annivherethereberobots-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>People&#8217;s Choice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Micro-pumping mechanism of hummingbirds tongues:<\/strong> Esther Ng<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6785\" title=\"Annual Vizzies Challenge\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/postersgraphics_pc_vizzies15annivpandg-pc-nge_hummingbird_poster.jpg\" alt=\"Breathtaking science pictures: Annual Vizzies Challenge\" width=\"665\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/postersgraphics_pc_vizzies15annivpandg-pc-nge_hummingbird_poster.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/postersgraphics_pc_vizzies15annivpandg-pc-nge_hummingbird_poster-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/postersgraphics_pc_vizzies15annivpandg-pc-nge_hummingbird_poster-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/postersgraphics_pc_vizzies15annivpandg-pc-nge_hummingbird_poster-853x1024.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>INTERACTIVE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Experts&#8217; Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Flyover Country:<\/strong> Shane Loeffler, Amy Myrbo, Sijia Ai, Reed McEwan, Alex Morrison<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6777\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15-flyover.jpg\" alt=\"Breathtaking science pictures: Annual Vizzies Challenge\" width=\"669\" height=\"1190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15-flyover.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15-flyover-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15-flyover-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15-flyover-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>People&#8217;s Choice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ASL-LEX: A visualization of American Sign Language:<\/strong> Naomi Caselli, Zed Sevcikova Sehyr, Ariel Cohen-Goldberg, Ben Tanen, Karen Emmorey<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6778\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15-asl.jpg\" alt=\"Breathtaking science pictures: Annual Vizzies Challenge\" width=\"685\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15-asl.jpg 2420w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15-asl-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15-asl-768x620.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vizzies15-asl-1024x827.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>VIDEO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Experts&#8217; Choice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Network Earth: Visualization:<\/strong> Mauro Martino, Jianxi Gao, Baruch Barzel, Albert-L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Barab\u00e1si. Narration: Shamini Bundell<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Network Earth\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x5fvc8q\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><strong>People&#8217;s Choice<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Planet Nine:<\/strong> Mark SubbaRao, Patrick McPike, Mike Brown<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The hunt for Planet Nine\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x5fvbvt\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many scientists translate their research into amazing visual information. Also, science pictures are the new way to communicate better new findings and promote researches.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, these pictures are not the only example of prizes for visual information. Want to see more amazing science pictures?<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/science-breathtaking\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5732\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/untitled-creation63724-1.png\" alt=\"Breathtaking science pictures: Annual Vizzies Challenge\" width=\"360\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/untitled-creation63724-1.png 1500w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/untitled-creation63724-1-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/untitled-creation63724-1-1024x410.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To see more about 2017\u00a0Annual Vizzies Challenge click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/scivis\/vizzies_winners_2017.jsp\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who does not love visual information? 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