The Stunning Winners Of Nikon’s Small World Competition
2008
Credit: Make It Green, http://makeitgreen.webs.com/img/microscopephotography3.jpg
Taken from a mud sample on Two Tree Island in the River Thames, Pleurosigma marine diatoms are a very common algal phytoplankton.
2009
Credit: Photobucket, http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/redwhiteandthemaple/BlogFotos/wired-nikon2009_01_place_16821_3_pa.jpg
The male reproductive organ of the tiny thale cress plant.
2010
Credit: Vanderbilt University, http://news.vanderbilt.edu/files/Mosquito-heart-2B.jpg
This image shows the incredibly intricate structure of a mosquito heart.
2011
Credit: WordPress, http://morfis.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/nikon-small-world-photomicrography-competition.jpg?w=820
The subject for this picture, a green lacewing larva, was caught after biting the photographer.
2012
Credit: Business Insider, http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5086e9f86bb3f7be42000005-900/the-nikon-small-world-first-place-image-is-of-the-blood-brain-barrier-in-a-live-zebrafish-taken-by-dr-jennifer-l-peters-and-dr-michael-r-taylor-of-st-jude-childrens-research-hospital-memphis-tennessee-usa.jpg
Using specially-bred fish and dyes to highlight particular areas of interest, this year’s winner illuminates the function and development of the blood brain barrier.
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