Nikon’s Small World est la compétition internationale mettant à l’honneur la beauté et la complexité de la vie. Les photos sélectionnées sont prises au microscope, mélangeant art et science.
6th Place: Bubbles formed from melted ascorbic acid crystals / Photographer : Marek Mis/Nikon’s Small World 2016)
15th Place: Head section of an orange ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata). (Photo by Geir Drange/Nikon’s Small World 2016)
14th Place: Mouse retinal ganglion cells. (Photo by Dr. Keunyoung Kim/Nikon’s Small World 2016)
13th Place: Poison fangs of a centipede (Lithobius erythrocephalus). (Photo by Walter Piorkowski/Nikon’s Small World 2016)
12th Place: Human HeLa cell undergoing cell division (cytokinesis). DNA (yellow), myosin II (blue) and actin filaments (red). (Photo by Dylan Burnette/Nikon’s Small World 2016)
11th Place: Scales of a butterfly wing underside (Vanessa atalanta). (Photo by Francis Sneyers/Nikon’s Small World 2016)
10th Place: Frontonia (showing ingested food, cilia, mouth and trichocysts). (Photo by Rogelio Moreno Gill/Nikon’s Small World 2016)
9th Place: Espresso coffee crystals. (Photo by Vin Kitayama and Sanae Kitayama/Nikon’s Small World 2016)
8th Place: Wildflower stamens. (Photo by Samuel Silberman/Nikon’s Small World 2016)
Seventh Place: Leaves of Selaginella (lesser club moss). (Photo by David Maitland/Nikon’s Small World 2016)
5th place / Title : Front foot (tarsus) of a male diving beetle / Photographer : Igor Siwanowicz
4th place / Title : Butterfly proboscis / Photographer : Jochen Schroeder
3d place / Title : Culture of neurons (stained green) derived from human skin cells, and Schwann cells, a second type of brain cell (stained red) / Photographer : Rebecca Nutbrown
2nd place / Title : Polished slab of Teepee Canyon agate / Photographer : Douglas L. Moore
1st place / Title : Four-day-old zebrafish embryo / Photographer : Dr. Oscar Ruiz