Beautiful Photography : Best Nikon Small World Photomicrography 2012

October 24, we announced the winners of the 37th annual competition micrographs Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition under the patronage of the Japanese company Nikon. Participation in the competition is usually taken scientists, photographed his research. Out of the hundreds of fantastic work of the jury selected 20 of the best. Offer to evaluate their choice in person.

9th. Ant carrying a larva. The photo was taken giperfokusirovki technique and reflected light. 5-fold increase. (Geir Drange / Nikon Small World)

19th place. Cellular beginnings (the pins), which are the earliest stage of flower development. The photo was taken with the illumination technique of Kirlian effect. (Somayeh Naghiloo / Nikon Small World)

20th place. Brightfield micrograph of three embryos black Molos (species of bats) in the progressive stage of development. A little later, their wings begin to lengthen and ears - getting bigger. (Dorit Hockman / Nikon Small World)

16th place. The cut shell fossil turitelly containing ancient freshwater snails and ostracods. 7-fold increase. (Douglas Moore / Nikon Small World)

15th. Confocal image of the foot of a ladybug. 10-fold increase. (Andrea Genre / Nikon Small World)

14th place. Pink, orange and yellow colors abound on the pistil of fat Adenium (Desert Rose). Photo made in the technique giperfokusirovki. 10-fold increase. (Jose R. Almodovar Rivera / Nikon Small World)

13th. The simplest type, known as Saunder. These ciliates love to feast on cyanobacteria and diatoms. 400-fold increase. (Diana Lipscomb / Nikon Small World)

12th. Confocal fluorescent image and lymph endothelial cells and fibroblasts. 200-fold increase. (Esra Guc / Nikon Small World)

11th. Confocal image of part of the intestine of the fruit fly larvae, which contains markers signaling activity Notch (green), cytoskeleton (red) and nuclei (blue). 25-fold increase. (Jessica Von Stetina / Nikon Small World)

10th place. Stereomikroskopicheskoe zmeehvostki and dark-field image. 8-fold increase. (Alvaro Migotto / Nikon Small World)

8th. Micrograph plevrobrahii larvae, in the technique of differential interference contrast. 500-fold increase. (Gerd A. Guenther / Nikon Small World)

7th place. Confocal image of an eye of the fruit fly. 60-fold increase. (Michael Bridge / Nikon Small World)

6th. COSMAR (seaweed) near the leaf sfagnida (moss) in polarized light. 100-fold increase. (Marek Mis / Nikon Small World)

5th. Micrograph of tiny spheres of the mineral from the mine cacoxenite La Paloma, in the technique of the transmitted light. 18-fold increase. (Honorio Cócera-La Parra / Nikon Small World)

4th. Confocal image of the visual system of the fruit fly pupae in the development stage. The retina shows a golden color, the photoreceptors axons - blue, brain tissue - green. 1500-fold increase. (W. Ryan Williamson / Nikon Small World)

3rd. Human bone cancer. Actin fibers shown in purple, the mitochondria - yellow, DNA - blue. 63-fold image. (Dylan Burnette / Nikon Small World)

2nd place. Micrograph of newborn lynx spiders, in the technique of the reflected light, fiber optics and giperfokusirovki. 6-fold increase. (Walter Piorkowski / Nikon Small World)

1 place. Confocal image of the blood-brain barrier in the zebrafish embryo. Photo is notable because it is the first image of the blood-brain barrier is a living being. 20-fold increase. (J. Peters / M. Taylor / Nikon Small World)

18th place. Brightfield micrograph of coral sand particles of various shapes. 100-fold increase. (David Maitland / Nikon Small World)

17th place. Burning tip on nettle leaves. Photomicrograph made using the technique of the transmitted light. 100-fold increase. (Charles Krebs / Nikon Small World)