freshphotons:

“Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) worms are stored on agar plates covered with a lawn of E. coli bacteria as their food source. Sometimes when the C. elegans have consumed all of the bacteria, they begin to clump together as seen in this image. I found the pattern on this plate particularly lovely, and was able to capture it with my cell phone by holding the lens of my phone’s camera up to the microscope eyepiece. I’ve since shared the photo on social networking sites and have had friends who’ve never been interested in biology ask me more about my work because of this photo. To me, this image represents the simple pleasure of finding something beautiful when you don’t expect to, and it shows how easy it is to connect science with new audiences by simply clicking ‘share.’” Meredith Wright, Princeton University.