10 Photos Of Tiny Things That Show You There's So Much We Don't See

by N/A, 10 years ago | 1 min read

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The world of microbiology can remind most of their long forgotten high school biology days. It was a confusing time for most of us. However, the Nikon Small World Competition is shedding light on how the study of cells and organisms is not only interesting, but also beautiful. For almost 40 years, Nikon's competition has celebrated some amazing images that were discovered under the light microscope. Winners of this year's competition will be announced on October 30th and could win up to $3,000 toward Nikon equipment.

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Live zebrafish embryo at 22 hours post-fertilization

Shot by: Dr. Phillip Keller using SiMView Light-Sheet Microscopy at 0x magnification.

Tradescantia zebrina (Wandering Jew plant) leaf stomata

Shot by: Dr. Jerzy Gubernator using Brightfield, Epi illumination, image stacking at 40x magnification

Jumping Spider Eyes

Shot by: Noah Fram-Schwartz, Using reflected light at 20x magnification

Ant Eye

Shot by: Noah Fram-Schwartz using reflected light at 20x magnification

Young starfish

Shot by: Dr. Steven Wilbert using confocal at 5x magnification

Reproductive tissues and neurons of the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

Shot by: Dr. Amir Saberi using laser scanning confocol microscop y at 40x magnification

Hydra and volvox

Shot by: Dr. Steven Wilbert using confocal at 10x magnification

Magnesium chloride and potassium alum mixture

Shot by: Dr. Chao Zhang using polarized light at 25x magnification

Jewel Beetle (Near Eye)

Shot by: Dr. Charles Krebs using diffused, reflected illumination at 45x magnification

Scarlet Pimpernel Flowers

Shot by: Mr. Jens H. Petersen using macroscopy at 80x magnification