Laurie says:

I love microphotography. These are a few of the winners of Nikon’s Small World. It also illustrates the exquisite beauty in unexpected and sometimes distasteful places. It’s well worth checking many of the images out.

The Nikon Small World Competition first began in 1975 as a means to recognize and applaud the efforts of those involved with photography through the light microscope. Since then, Small World has become a leading showcase for photomicrographers from the widest array of scientific disciplines

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Trichome (white appendages) and stomata (purple pores) on a southern live oak leaf
Jason Kirk, Baylor College of Medicine, Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy Core
Houston, Texas, USA
Technique Image Stacking
Magnification, 60X (Objective Lens Magnification)

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Sensory neuron from an embryonic rat, Paula Diaz
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
MinusPain, Department of Physiology
Santiago, Chile
Technique,Fluorescence
Magnification, 10X (Objective Lens Magnification)

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3D vasculature of an adult mouse brain (somatosensory cortex)
Dr. Andrea Tedeschi, The Ohio State University
Wexner Medical Center, Department of Neuroscience
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Technique, Confocal
Magnification, 10X (Objective Lens Magnification)

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