12 beautiful award-winning science photos

These striking images were prize winners in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Photography Competition.

We think they're just stunning.

All fall down, We all fall down (Jonathan Richard)

March of the Triffids (Paul May)

The Finer Details of Life - a slice through the hip (Rachel Pallan)

Nanometre-thick vapour cell (James Keaveney)

Abandoned tunnel (Phil Catton)

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion Flow, Turbulence and Combustion (Taaha Hussain)

Bamboo (Giovanni Pesce)

Achieving Crystal Clarity with Unique Methodology (Sahir Khurshid)

Julia Set (Rob Hocking)

3D-printed hand (Ehab Saleh)

Pianist with eye-tracking glasses (Evan Morgan)

Nuclear Spaghetti (Colleen Man)

Images via PA

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