Nikon’s Small World is regarded as the leading contest for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life. The competition is open to micrography pictures, taken with a microscope, mixing art and science.
1st place / Title : Four-day-old zebrafish embryo / Photographer : Dr. Oscar Ruiz
2nd place / Title : Polished slab of Teepee Canyon agate / Photographer : Douglas L. Moore
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
4th place / Title : Butterfly proboscis / Photographer : Jochen Schroeder
5th place / Title : Front foot (tarsus) of a male diving beetle / Photographer : Igor Siwanowicz
6th place / Title : Bubbles formed from melted ascorbic acid crystals / Photographer : Marek Mis
7th place / Title : Leaves of Selaginella / Photographer : David Maitland
8th place / Title : Wildflower stamens / Photographer : Samuel Silberman
9th place / Title : Espresso coffee crystals / Photographer : Vin Kitayama and Sanae Kitayama
10th place / Title : Frontonia / Photographer : Rogelio Moreno Gill
11th place / Title : Scales of a butterfly wing underside (Vanessa atalanta) / Photographer : Francis Sneyers
12th place / Title : Human HeLa cell undergoing cell division (cytokinesis) / Photographer : Dylan Burnette
13th place / Title : Poison fangs of a centipede (Lithobius erythrocephalus) / Photographer : Walter Piorkowski
14th place / Title : Mouse retinal ganglion cells / Photographer : Dr. Keunyoung Kim
15th place / Title : Head section of an orange ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata) / Photographer : Geir Drange
