MERIT AWARD 
A Sequence in Nature 
G. I. Bernard 
In a marsh environment set up in the 
laboratories of Oxford Scientific 
Films in England, a common female 
mosquito emerges from the pupal 
stage beneath the water. Air taken 
on by the mobile pupa makes it 
buoyant enough to break the water’s 
surface and enables the adult flying 
machine to separate from its aquatic 
shell. G. I. Bernard, a professional 
still photographer on the staff of 
Oxford Scientific Films, captured 
the four- or five-minute sequence 
using a camera fitted with an old 
microscope lens. 
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