Nikon will be announcing the winners of the 2014 Small World Photomicrography Competition on October 30. As a preview of the announcement, they've shared some of the unranked images from this year's competition with us here. Celebrating its 40th year, the contest invites photographers and scientists to submit images of all things visible under a microscope. More than 1,200 entries were received this year. Enjoy a trip into a miniature world through the images below, all from the 2014 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.
Nikon Small World 2014
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Read moreMite in a small forest. #
Jose R. Almodovar, Puerto Rico -
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Read moreAppendages of a common brine shrimp. #
Dr. Igor Robert Siwanowicz, Virginia, USA -
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Read moreActive fluid flow around P. damicornis coral polyp. #
Dr. Douglas Brumley, Massachusetts, USA -
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Read moreAnt nymph. #
Frederic Labaune, France -
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Read moreConochilus unicornis (rotifer), actively feeding. #
Charles Krebs, Washington, USA -
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Read moreAnt eye. #
Noah Fram-Schwartz, Connecticut, USA -
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Read moreSalivary gland cells from a fruit fly showing cell boundaries [white] and genomic DNA [red]. #
Dr. Justin Joseph Cassidy, Illinois, USA -
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Read moreChlorophyll fluorescence of the symbiotic zooxanthellae (dinoflagellate algae of the genus Symbiodinium) living inside the cells of a sea anemone (Aiptasia pallida). #
Dr. David Fransolet, Belgium -
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Read moreTradescantia zebrina (wandering jew) leaf stomata. #
Dr. Jerzy Gubernator, Poland -
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Read moreNowellia curvifolia (leafy liverwort) gametophyte, berberine stained. #
Magdalena Turzanska, Poland -
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Read moreFlower embryo. #
Samuel Silberman, Israel -
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Read moreA bed bug, Cimex lectularius. #
Stefano Barone, Italy -
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Read moreLeptothorax acervorum (ant) carrying its larva. #
Geir Drange, Norway -
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Read moreChrysochroa buqueti (jewel beetle) carapace, near eye. #
Charles Krebs, Washington, USA -
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Read moreTigriopus californicus (copepod), couple, lateral view. #
Dr. Terue Kihara, Germany -
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Read moreLive zebrafish embryo at 22 hours post-fertilization. #
Dr. Philipp Keller, Virginia, USA -
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Read moreImage of a mouse retina showing astrocytes (green) and blood vessel (purple). Astrocytes wrap blood vessels within the retina to form the blood-retina-barrier. #
Aaron Simmons, Idaho, USA -
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Read moreVespula vulgaris (common wasp) stinger. #
Geir Drange, Norway -
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Read moreNowellia curvifolia (leafy liverwort) gametophyte, berberine stained. #
Magdalena Turzanska, Poland -
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Read moreCeriodaphnia sp. (water flea). #
Rogelio Moreno, Panama -
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Read moreEupholus sp. (beetle) Coleoptera Curculionidae. #
Dr. Luca Toledano, Italy -
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Read moreCaterpillar proleg with circle of gripping hooks in red. #
Karin Panser, Austria -
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Read moreMyrmecolax sp. head, ventral view. #
Dr. Yuta Nakase, Japan -
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Read moreSolea sp. (fish) scale, polarized light. #
David Linstead, UK -
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Read moreParamecium division. #
Arturo Agostino, Italy -
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Read moreSuction-cup hairs on foreleg tarsus of male Dineutus mellyi (whirligig beetle). #
Dr. Yuta Nakase, Japan
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