From seeds to slime molds to spider eyes, the foremost entries in Nikon’s Small World 2024 Photomicrography Competitors (beforehand) illuminate particulars invisible to the bare eye. This 12 months, jurors sifted by greater than 2,000 entries from 80 international locations.
First place was awarded to Dr. Bruno Cisterna and Dr. Eric Vitriol of the Medical Faculty of Georgia at Augusta College, who detailed the fragile and oddly stunning tendrils and crystal-like edges of the cells comprising a mouse’s mind tumor.
2024 marks Nikon’s fiftieth annual Small World showcase—which additionally launched the Small World in Movement contest in 2011—highlighting the artwork and proficiency required to seize minuscule phenomena.
Along with revealing unbelievable, nearly magical portrayals of organisms and objects, the photographs illustrate the important function photomicrography performs in furthering our understanding of well being, nature, and ourselves.
Novice lovers and scientists alike share astonishing views of their analysis, together with the magnified, toy-like shapes of frequent seashore sand, a cross part of grass, and a speckled cluster of octopus eggs.
Peruse the entire high entries within the contest’s on-line gallery, and hold an eye fixed out for the calendar that includes this 12 months’s winners. Comply with updates on Instagram.
