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Decision time: Vote for your favorite Higgs

Goofy Higgs 'H' character

Editor's note: Voting has closed. See the winning entries in the August issue of symmetry!

On July 4, CERN scientists announced the observation of a Higgs-like particle, and we asked you to send us photographic evidence of your own encounters with particles of the Higgs kind.

Now it's time to take your citizen science to the next level: Help us choose the best of the best.

Vote for your three favorites from a selection of the many impressive entries we received: http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000978

Voting will close at noon CDT on Wednesday, July 25. Your top choices will appear in a gallery in the August issue of symmetry.

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