Two Canberrans are in the running for the prestigious 2014 Australian Museum New Scientist Eureka Prizes' category of science photography.
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Dr Mark Talbot, from the CSIRO, is a finalist for his scanning electron microscope image, Wheat through the looking glass, showing young wheat flower buds that will eventually become seeds.
Charles Tambiah, of the Australian National University, is in the running with Unravelling a basket star. The image of a basket star used imaging software and fibre-optics for lighting hidden spaces.
The other photography finalist is Gary Cranitch, of the Queensland Museum, for an Alfred manta feeding. The Alfred manta is one of the largest rays on the planet and listed as vulnerable, with only a few hundred recorded in eastern Australian waters.
There are also seven highly commended images.
The winner of the prize will be announced in the presence of 660 science, government, cultural and media leaders at the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes award dinner at Sydney's Town Hall on September 10.
The three photography finalists are amongst 44 selected entries for 15 Eureka prizes worth a total of $150,000.
