Nikon has announced the winners of their classic photomicrography competition. All the entries are spectacular, but these are the very best, the top ten.
https://gizmodo.com/these-incredible-microscopic-photos-of-small-things-see-5952492
Still, my favorite is the alien embryos photo. Perfect for Halloween.
https://gizmodo.com/these-fascinating-alien-embryos-are-actually-bat-fetuse-5955568
10th place: Brittle star (8x) by Dr. Alvaro Migotto
9th place: Myrmica sp. (ant) carrying its larva (5x) by Geir Drange
8th place: Pleurobrachia sp. (sea gooseberry) larva (500x) by Gerd A. Guenther
7th place: Eye organ of a Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) third-instar larvae (60x) by Dr. Michael John Bridge
6th place: Cosmarium sp. (desmid) near a Sphagnum sp. leaf (100x) by Marek Miś
5th place: Cacoxenite (mineral) from La Paloma Mine, Spain (18x) by Honorio Cócera-La Parra
4th place: Drosophila melanogaster visual system halfway through pupal development, showing retina (gold), photoreceptor axons (blue), and brain (green) (1500x) by Dr. W. Ryan Williamson
3rd place: Human bone cancer (osteosarcoma) showing actin filaments (purple), mitochondria (yellow), and DNA (blue) (63x) by Dr. Dylan Burnette
2nd place: Live newborn lynx spiderlings (6x) by Walter Piorkowski
1st place: The blood-brain barrier in a live zebrafish embryo (20x) by Dr. Jennifer L. Peters & Dr. Michael R. Taylor
Don’t like these? Go to Nikon’s Smallworld site, pick your own favorite and post it in the comments.
