Cover Photo by: Kristin Murphy

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Grace Easterday, "Genesis"

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Kaylyn Shockey, "The Devil"

Sarah Thomas, "Untitled"

Alexander de Almeida, "Untitled" Image: The scales of a monarch butterfly wing under 100X magnification. The wing itself is a transparent membrane, and each scale grows on a little "tag."

Alexander de Almeida, "Untitled" Image: Potassium hydrogen phthalate, a common buffer solution under 100X magnification and under polarized light. The "clear" crystal is full of intricate rainbow patterns under the right conditions!

Kayla Elsaesser, "Untitled"

Ashley Palmisano, "They"

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Rob Smallwood

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Tanner Jacobs

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Breunna Henderson

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Breanna Santana, "Crystal Methods"

Lillian Johnson, "There is no peace"

Andrew Dayton, "Untitled"

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Stephen Knott, "Fin Clipped"

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Stephanie Cao

Image: Acantharchus pomotis, know commonly as the Mud Sunfish, is the most overlooked sunfish species. However, it is an important indigenous indicator of pristine blackwater habitats. Blackwater systems are one, if not the least, valued aquatic systems in our country. The careful handling exhibited juxtaposed to the necessary mutilation of this Mud Sunfish’s caudal fin pictured in “Fin Clipped,” is meant to symbolize the human relationship required to conserve habitats and species diversity.

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Leah Vrydagh