Head of tapeworms.
Surrounded by a strange and hidden world of wonderful objects and shapes, can only be detected using a microscope.
To honor the beauty and the scientific importance of microscopic images, the "Nikon Small World" competition was launched.
The awards were awarded to researchers and photography enthusiasts who took a collection of the most impressive photos
ever. The top 20 entries were selected on the basis of technology, subject matter, and image aesthetics, displaying more than
2000 photographs taken around the world.
The following are some of the most beautiful pictures of the winner:
This image won first place, showing keratin structures in skin cells.
This picture came in second place, showing a head filled with seeds from the flower of the earth's crust.
The picture won the third place prize, representing a colony of vulva algae, a multiracial race of green algae.
Mushrooms grow on tomatoes.
Pollen germs.
Sensory hair cells (red) and neurons (green) reveal the structure of the inner cochlea in mice.
Colored cartilage tissue is like a Christmas tree.
Licorice insects.
Close-up of the 3D credit card logo.
A variety of bees radiates as the minerals.
Two eggs of the butterfly Maestra.
Bird feathers shine under the microscope.
Knots of dyed hair.
Structures of sea cucumber.
A colony of fungi in soil.
