Nikon's Small World Photomicrography Competition

[Buff DaBalzac (126579776)]

So they have this contest where really fancy cameras using microscopes and light techniques take images that none of us will ever get to see. The stuff is always fascinating, but I thought it would make a fun thread for here. Here's a few of the ones I liked the best, along with the link to the entire catalog of winners and honorable mentions.

First place winner: the hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko embryo, taken at 63x magnification. The hand is three millimeters long.


Second place winner: breast tissue showing cells responsible for human milk production (alveoli) at 40x magnification.


Third place winner: an adult mouse's intestine, showing its blood networks at 10x magnification.


Slime mold shown at 10x magnification.


The extinguished wick of a candle showing particles of carbon being released at 2.5x magnification.


The face of an ant, shown at five times the magnification.


A butterfly egg, seen at 10x magnification.


All the entries!
https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2022-photomicrography-competition

[Kathy (103382357)]

These are fascinating!
Thanks for sharing!

[Katherine (121079165)]

Thank you for sharing this! The first thing I thought when I saw that ant's face was "Jabberwock!", and the second thing was "Star Wars Villain!"