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Sometimes bigger is better, but other times it's all about the details, and as you can see from the winners of Nikon's 2017 Small World Photomicrography competition, it doesn't get more detailed than this.
The competition, which is now in its 43rd year, attracts doctors, scientists, and macro photography enthusiasts from all over the world, and over 2000 people from 88 countries submitted their work for consideration this year. For those of you who don't know, photomicrography is the practice of taking a photograph through a microscope or similar magnifying device in order to capture the intricate details of things invisible to the human eye.
This year's top prize went to researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, BioImaging Facility & Department of Cell Biology, who captured immortalised human skin cells expressing fluorescently tagged keratin. Scroll down to see the rest of the winners. The categories are divided into winners, honorable mentions, and images of distinction, and you can find the full list on the Nikon Small World website.
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#1
Jumping Spider, Istanbul, Honorable Mention
Yezid Puerto 7 years ago
nope, a nope with four nopes,..., with great eyelashes,..., but nope........
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#2
Paracetamol (Common Painkiller) Crystals, Finland, Image Of Distinction
ChubbySquid 7 years ago
It looks as if the northern lights just fell to earth above Antarctica and coloured the glaciers.
#3
Living Volvox Algae Releasing Its Daughter Colonies, Nantes, 3rd Place
#4
The Head Of A Pork Tapeworm, New York, 4th Place
#5
Mold On A Tomato, Netanya, 5th Place
#6
Traxacum Officinale (Dandelion) Cross Section Showing Curved Stigma With Pollen, Nottingham, Honorable Mention
#7
Immortalized Human Skin Cells Expressing Fluorescently Tagged Keratin, Amsterdam, 1st Place
Vlad Horobet 7 years ago
They should put this into biology books near the "mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell..."
#8
Plastic Fracturing On Credit Card Hologram, Texas, 11th Place
#9
Natural Bridge (Petiole Nodes) Connecting The Abdomen And Thorax Of An Ant, Izmir, Image Of Destinction
#10
Synapta (Sea-Cucumber) Skin, Le Mans, 18th Place
#11
3rd Trimester Fetus Of Megachiroptera, Colorado, 15th Place
Vlad Horobet 7 years ago
To anyone who does not know what a Megachiroptera is the bigger version of the Chiroptera. J.k. It's a fruit eating bat.
#12
Asilidae (Rubber Fly) Eye Section, Abu Dhabi, Image Of Distinction
#13
Senecio Vulgaris Seed Head, Israel, 2nd Place
#14
Ganglion Cells Expressing Fluorescent Proteins In A Mouse Retina, California, Honorable Mention
#15
Broccoli, Washington, Honorable Mention
#16
Opiliones (Daddy Longlegs) Eye, Washington, 12th Place
#17
Pyromorphite (Mineral), Spain, Image Of Distinction
#18
Lily Pollen, Southampton, 6th Place
#19
Nsutite And Cacoxenite (Minerals), Madrid, Image Of Distinction
#20
Individually Labeled Axons In An Embryonic Chick Ciliary Ganglion, Nagoya, 7th Place
#21
Neurons Derived From A Parkinson Patient, Seongnam, Honorable Mention
#22
Abdominal Proleg Of A Caterpillar, Netanya, Image Of Destinction
Zori the degu 7 years ago
It looks so complicated due to the fact that it's supposed to glue the caterpillar to the wall/plant/etc.
#23
Aspergillus Flavus (Fungus) And Yeast Colony From Soil, New York, 20th Place
#24
Melaleuca Sp. (Paperbark Tree) Leaf, Perth, Image Of Distinction
#25
Small Moth, Rostock, Image Of Destinction
#26
Moth Eggs In Spider Silk, Illinois, Image Of Destinction
#27
Liquid Crystal, Colorado, Honorable Mention
#28
Parus Major (Titmouse) Down Feather, Podlaskie, 16th Place
#29
Nerves (In Green) Under The Skin Of A Mouse (Hair Follicles Are Shown In Red And Blue), Uk, Image Of Distinction
#30
Dyed Human Hair, Steinberg, 17th Place
#32
Common Mestra Butterfly Eggs, Laid On A Leaf Of Tragia Sp., Texas, 14th Place
#33
Stamen (Flower Organ),yahud Monsun, Image Of Distinction
#34
Circocerus (Beetle) Head, Kiel, Image Of Distinction
#35
Hippocampal (Brain) Region, California, Image Of Distinction
#36
Growing Cartilage-Like Tissue In The Lab Using Bone Stem Cells (Collagen Fibers In Green And Fat Deposits In Red), Southampton, 9th Place
#37
Newborn Rat Cochlea With Sensory Hair Cells (Green) And Spiral Ganglion Neurons (Red), Bern, 8th Place
#38
Simple Eyes Of Ectemnius With Condensation, Tonbridge, Image Of Destinction
Summer Woodsong 7 years ago
Ectemnius is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae - Wikipedia
#39
Pleurotaenium Ovatum, Panama, Image Of Distinction
#40
Warp Knitted Curtain Fabric, Zwijnaarde, Honorable Mention
#41
Label-Free Optical Imaging Of Human Breast Tissue, Illinois, Image Of Distinction
#42
Exaerete Frontalis From The Collections Of The Oxford University Museum Of Natural History, Ramsbury, 13th Place
#43
Phyllobius Roboretanus (Weevil), Keszthely, 10th Place
#44
Migrasome Of A Mouse Fibroblast Cell (L929), Beijing, Image Of Distinction
#45
Human Tongue Blood Vessels Injected With Lead Chromate, New York, Honorable Mention
#46
Sagittal Section Of Mouse Cerebellum (Brain), Athens, Image Of Distinction
#47
Early Stage Development Of Alcea Rosea (An Ornamental Flower), Usa, Image Of Distinction
#48
Prostate Cancer Cells, Usa, Image Of Distinction
#49
Ciliated Respiratory Epithelial Cells (Yellow) And Mucus Producing Goblet Cells (Cyan), Containing Tight Junctions (Red) And Nuclei (Blue), Rotterdam, Honorable Mention
#50
Embryonic Body Wall From A Developing Mus Musculus, Tennessee, 19th Place
#51
Dye-Injected Hippocampal Interneuron In Mouse Brain Section, Budapest, Honorable Mention
Vlad Horobet 7 years ago
"mom, i've dyed my hair pink, now i'm pretty" "oh honey, i've told you, it's how you are on the inside that matter" "well, gotta go to dye my hippocampal interneurons".
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