Message #242507

[Christiana Hanaman]

Third Place: Macro Photography

Photograph courtesy Marcello Di Francisco, RSMAS

Emperor shrimp hitchhike on the back of a sea cucumber in Ambon, Indonesia.

The tiny shrimp—each eye is only a millimeter wide—use the sea cucumbers as dining cars, eating whatever passes by.

The "picture captures that environment—they're riding on top of the train," Schmale said.

(See "Three-Foot 'Shrimp' Had More Than 30,000 Lenses Per Eye?")

Published April 26, 2012