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title: Alum’s Photo to Live ‘Forever’ on Stamp
date: 2024-01-12T17:30:00-05:00
author: University of Maryland
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# Alum’s Photo to Live ‘Forever’ on Stamp

*January 12, 2024* — by [Terp Staff](/authors/terp-staff)


- *Stamp courtesy of United States Postal Service*

*Zebrafish stamp*

The otherworldly microscope photograph by Daniel Castranova M.S. ’03 of a juvenile zebrafish illuminates its subject like an artwork and a scientific study at once. It’s now getting global exposure as one of 20 images featured in the U.S. Postal Service’s new [Life Magnified Forever Stamp series](https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/life-magnified-stamps-S_484004), which reveals the beauty of nature in miniature. It wasn’t just for show; the photo by the aquatic research specialist at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development revealed a network of lymphatic vessels (seen in orange) that previously weren’t known to exist in the heads of fish.




**Issue:** [Winter 2024](https://terp.umd.edu/editions/winter-2024)


**Types:** [Post-Grad](https://terp.umd.edu/category/post-grad)