Caption Contest Results

Thanks to everyone who participated in September’s caption contest. We hope you had as much fun making up captions as we did reading them! It was tough to choose one winner, so here are a few entries that made us chuckle:
 
“Only cats are truly hydrophobic”
“No kidding, toothpaste will take it right off”
Matt Hanson, ASML, U.S.A., submitted via opn@osa.org
 
“No, no, I think my contact lens popped out over here…”
Nancy Carosso, NASA, U.S.A., submitted via opn@osa.org 
 
“As you can see, searching for a needle in a haystack is not quite as difficult as finding a speck of dust on an optically flat surface.”
Danny Fullager, UNC Charlotte, U.S.A., submitted via Facebook
 
“So where exactly IS Waldo?”
Joseph Shaw, Montana State University, U.S.A., submitted via Facebook
 
“Nice job team! This plate is now ready to be eaten off of.”
Mike Reilly, Adaptive Optics Associates, Inc., submitted via Facebook
 
Go to our website to see all the captions submitted for this contest: www.osa-opn.org.
 
All Contest Entries
 
“Only cats are truly hydrophobic”
“No kidding, toothpaste will take it right off”
“It’s always the last place you look?”
“Clap one more time, I’m sure it’s in the lab somewhere”
“The future’s so bright…”
“Really? You had to wear your contacts, today of all days?”
Matt Hanson, ASML, U.S.A., submitted via opn@osa.org
 
“No, no, I think my contact lens popped out over here…”
Nancy Carosso, NASA, U.S.A., submitted via opn@osa.org 
 
“Now, where did I leave my gold watch?”
“This reflection is gold!”
Sheon Chua, Australian National University, submitted via opn@osa.org 
 
"NASA technicians inspect the gold plating on the Administrator's new coffee table."
David C. Johannsen, via opn@osa.org 
 
“As you can see, searching for a needle in a haystack is not quite as difficult as finding a speck of dust on an optically flat surface.”
Danny Fullager, UNC Charlotte, U.S.A., submitted via Facebook
 
“So where exactly IS Waldo?”
Joseph Shaw, Montana State University, U.S.A., submitted via Facebook
 
“Nice job team! This plate is now ready to be eaten off of.”
Mike Reilly, Adaptive Optics Associates, Inc., submitted via Facebook
 
“Has anyone seen my car keys?”
Kiyoshi Suzuki, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., submitted via Facebook
 
“Adaptive optics. A segment of an observatory system”
Afshin Jooshesh, University of Victoria, Canada, submitted via Facebook
 
“Hey everyone! Come see how good I look!!”
Gary Ruane, Rochester Institute of Technology, submitted via Facebook
 
“You missed a spot!”
Sanki McSonkerson, University of Southern California, U.S.A., submitted via Facebook
 
“Is that a sleek??”
Jimy Cary Martin, Hardin Optical Company, U.S.A., submitted via Facebook
 
“Find an imperfection, with our limited eyes in an optically flat surface.”
Richard Anderson Vilca Sagástegui, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Peru, submitted via Facebook
 
“NASA experts inspect one of the 18 hexagonal segments of the Amazing JWST main mirror.”
Mohammad Ab, Esfahan, Iran, submitted via Facebook