Nikon just announced the winners of the 2015 Small World Photomicrography Competition, and they’ve shared some of the winning and honored images from this year’s competition with us here. The contest invites photographers and scientists to submit images of all things visible under a microscope. More than 2,000 entries were received from 83 countries this year. Enjoy a trip into a miniature world through the images below, all from the 2015 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
First-Place Winner. The eye of a honeybee (Apis mellifera) covered in dandelion pollen (120x).Ralph Claus Grimm, Queensland, Australia
12th Place. Developing sea mullet (Mugil cephalus) embryos (40x).Hannah Sheppard-Brennand, New South Wales, Australia
Image of Distinction. The radula, or feeding structure, of a limpet, a kind of aquatic snail (40x).Michael Crutchley, Wales, United Kingdom
Image of Distinction. Cross section of a water lily leaf bud (Nupha lutea) (12.5x).Dr. David Maitland, Feltwell, United Kingdom
Image of Distinction. Scales on a moth wing (300x).Don Parsons, Wisconsin, US
14th Place. Australian grass (Austrostipa nodosa) seed (5x).Viktor Sykora, Prague, Czech Republic
Image of Distinction. Antenna of a male moth (Anisota sp.) (100x).Dr. Igor Siwanowicz, Virginia, USA
Honorable Mention. Liverwort (Lepidolaena taylorii) plant showing modified leaves (water sacs), which are often home to aquatic microorganisms such as rotifers (100x).Susan Tremblay, Berkeley, California, USA
Image of Distinction. Vascular bundles of papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) (200x).Dr. David Maitland , Feltwell, United Kingdom
19th Place. Planktonic larva of a horseshoe worm (phoronid) (450x).Dr. Richard R. Kirby, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Image of Distinction. Rove beetle head (Tychobythinus sp.) (10x).Dr. Joseph Parker, New York, USA
Image of Distinction. Colony of single-celled organisms (Carchesium ciliates) (160x).Arturo Agostino, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Honorable Mention. Detail of jewel beetle (Coleoptera Buprestidae) (32x).Dr. Luca Toledano, Verona, Italy
Image of Distinction. Texture of a chiral thermotropic liquid crystal (20x.)Dr. Giuliano Zanchetta, Milan, Italy
Image of Distinction. Vilene fabric (glue drops shown in blue) (80x).Gerd Günther, Düsseldorf, Germany
Honorable Mention. Mites on insect pupa (20x).Rogelio Moreno Gill, Panama
20th Place. Suction cups on a diving beetle (Dytiscus sp.) foreleg (50x).Frank Reiser, New York, USA
Image of Distinction. Mouth parts (pseudo trachea) of a blowfly (Calliphora vomitoria) (750x).Raymond Morrison Sloss, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
13th Place. Tentacles of a carnivorous plant (Drosera sp.) (20x).Jose Almodovar, Puerto Rico, USA
Image of Distinction. Triple-labeled rat cerebellum (100x).Thomas Deerinck, California, USA
Image of Distinction. Jaws and head of a long-jawed spider (Metellina sp.) (10x).Geir Drange, Asker, Norway
Image of Distinction. Transverse section of an ostrich fern (250x).Anatoly Mikhaltsov, Omsk, Russia
Image of Distinction. Hipparion fossilized bone (100x).Dr. Santiago Gomez, Cadiz, Spain
10th Place. Clam shrimp (Cyzicus mexicanus), live specimen (25x).Ian Gardiner, Alberta, Canada
Image of Distinction. Detail of ancient Chinese pottery from the Song Dynasty (960-1126 AD) (4x).Yvonne (Yi-Chieh) Lu, New York, USA
6th Place. Spore capsule of a moss (Bryum sp.).Henri Koskinen, Helsinki, Finland
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