Stunning Science Images that Border on Art

This photograph of the surface of a human brain (selected as the grand prize winner) captures the intimate view that a neurosurgeon had while operating on an epileptic patient. “The arteries are bright scarlet with oxygenated blood, the veins deep purple and the ‘grey matter’ of the brain a flushed, delicate pink,” said Alice Roberts, an anatomist and one of the judges, in a press release. “It is quite extraordinary.” - Continue reading at Smithsonian.com.

Photo: Robert Ludlow, Wellcome Images

Ed note: More stunning images of the human brain.

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