{{{{{{{smiki!!!}}}}}}} YAY!!!! Long time no see. Awesome pic! I was thinking of using the late Skylab (great minds, heehee) but then I decided to rather take a pic from my daily work as I so rarely get a chance to show people what pretty things swim in their bathing water On the other hand, this can backfire - after I showed a friend some zooplancton from her favourite swimming pond she never again bathed there, claiming it was "teeming with hairy monsters"
^Thanks for the warm welcome! Don't ever tell your friend about those tiny microscopic bugs that live on our skin eating the dead skin otherwise she won't know whether to never ever stop bathing or to avoid all potentially contaminated water at all cost. ^Thank you kindly, dear sir. I believe that impression is mainly due to the borders around the image, which are not my hands' creations. Your av's way cooler though.
Point taken, however, I think most contests are the same, and it's become something to be expected. I didn't think it was something that needed mentioning. Anyway, incoming voting thread coming up soon.