io9 – The Most Amazing Science Images Of 2013

io9 have compiled a fantastic list of their most amazing science images of 2013. What’s even better though, is that many of them are animated gifs, which can often enhance the original images a fair deal.

I’ve mentioned a few of them before on this blog, including:

• Commander Hadfield wringing out water on the ISS for science.
• Saturn from above.
• The Russian meteor over Chelyabinsk.
• The full moon silhouettes.
• The bead chain experiment.
• Direct imaging of covalent bond structure.
• And finally, my favourite image, in the shadow of Saturn.

The other images and gifs are equally impressive, and show what a wonderful year 2013 has been for science. Which is your favourite image from the lot? Onwards!