The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition Just Happened, And Here’s Everything You Should Know!

The Nikon Small World 2019 celebrated Nikon’s 45th anniversary this 2019. The Nikon Small World competition promise scientists and enthusiasts to share their scientific and remarkable images. More than 2000 photographs were submitted for the Nikon Small World 2019 competition with micro-photographers from nearly 100 countries. The judges picked their top 20 images, and the photo of a turtle embryo took the first place. Scroll down below to see all 20 photographs that made it to the final winner’s list.

#1. Small White Hair Spider

#2. BPAE Cells In Telophase Stage Of Mitosis

#3. Depth-Color Coded Projections Of Three Stentors (Single-Cell Freshwater Protozoans)

#4. Cuprite (Mineral Composed Of Copper Oxide) – Looks like animated Lego to me!

#5. Housefly Compound Eye Pattern

#6. Tulip Bud Cross Section

#7. Blood Vessels Of A Murine (Mouse) Heart Following Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)

#8. Frozen Water Droplet

#9. Vitamin C

#10. Mosquito Larva

#11. A Pair Of Ovaries From An Adult Drosophila Female Stained For F-Actin (Yellow) And Nuclei (Green); Follicle Cells Are Marked By Gfp (Magenta)

#12. Cristobalite Crystal Suspended In Its Quartz Mineral Host

#13. Female Oxyopes Dumonti (Lynx) Spider

#14. Snowflake

#15. Octopus Bimaculoides Embryo

#16. Chinese Red Carnation Stamen

#17. Mother Daphnia Magna (Small Planktonic Crustacean)

#18. Male Mosquito – Never thought mosquitos could be so angelic!

#19. Alligator Embryo Developing Nerves And Skeleton

#20. Fluorescent Turtle Embryo