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Here Are The Best Microscopic Photos, As Announced By The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition 2022 (35 Pics)
Photography & Digital ArtOCT 24, 2022

Here Are The Best Microscopic Photos, As Announced By The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition 2022 (35 Pics)

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For the 48th time, Nikon has held its Small World Photomicrography Competition and the winners of the year 2022 have already been announced!
The awards are celebrating the mesmerizing microscopic world and applaud the efforts of those involved with photography, scientists and enthusiasts alike, through the light microscope. 
Scroll down for the stunning photographs and don't forget to upvote your favorite ones!

#1 Image Of Distinction - Dr. Eugenijus Kavaliauskas

Image Of Distinction - Dr. Eugenijus Kavaliauskas
"Ant (Camponotus)."
Tauragė, Lithuania
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181points

The winner of this year's competition is Grigorii Timin, supervised by Dr. Michel Milinkovitch at the University of Geneva with the image of an embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko. "Masterfully blending imaging technology and artistic creativity, Timin utilized high-resolution microscopy and image-stitching to capture this species of Phelsuma grandis day gecko."

#2 Image Of Distinction - Xinpei Zhang

Image Of Distinction - Xinpei Zhang
"Alaskan sand."
Yu Cheng, Ya'an, China
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173points

#3 5th Place - Alison Pollack

5th Place - Alison Pollack
"Slime mold (Lamproderma)."
San Anselmo, California, USA
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171points

According to their website, Nikon’s Small World is regarded as "the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. The Photomicrography Competition is open to anyone with an interest in microscopy and photography."

#4 Image Of Distinction - Yuan Ji

Image Of Distinction - Yuan Ji
"Butterfly scales."
World Expo Museum
Shanghai, China
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165points

#5 Image Of Distinction - Anne-Françoise Tasnier

Image Of Distinction - Anne-Françoise Tasnier
"Wood cells."
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Department of Wood Biology
Tervuren, Belgium
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161points

Besides the photomicrography competition, Nikon is also organizing video competitions, entitled Small World In Motion that "encompass any movie or digital time-lapse photography taken through the microscope."

#6 10th Place - Murat Öztürk

10th Place - Murat Öztürk
"A fly under the chin of a tiger beetle."
Ankara, Turkey
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145points

#7 Honorable Mention - Sebastian Sparenga

Honorable Mention - Sebastian Sparenga
"Recrystallized Vitamin C."
McCrone Research Institute
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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142points

Let us know what you think of these photographs in the comments!

For more mesmerizing images, check out the winners of previous contests (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020)!

#8 Image Of Distinction - Adolfo Ruiz De Segovia

Image Of Distinction - Adolfo Ruiz De Segovia
"Drops of olive oil in water."
Particular
Madrid, Spain
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137points

#9 6th Place - Ole Bielfeldt

6th Place - Ole Bielfeldt
"Unburned particles of carbon released when the hydrocarbon chain of candle wax breaks down."
Macrofying
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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136points

#10 Honorable Mention - Ye Fei Zhang

Honorable Mention - Ye Fei Zhang
"Butterfly egg."
Jiang Yin, Jiangsu, China
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134points

#11 1st Place - Grigorii Timin, Dr. Michel Milinkovitch

1st Place - Grigorii Timin, Dr. Michel Milinkovitch
"Embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)."
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Department of Genetics and Evolution
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129points

#12 Image Of Distinction - Dr. Stephen S. Nagy

Image Of Distinction - Dr. Stephen S. Nagy
"Diatoms arranged in an exhibition rosette by Klaus D. Kemp."
Montana Diatoms
Helena, Montana, USA
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128points

#13 8th Place - Dr. Nathanaël Prunet

8th Place - Dr. Nathanaël Prunet
"Growing tip of a red algae."
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Department of Biology
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122points

#14 Image Of Distinction - Dr. Marko Pende

Image Of Distinction - Dr. Marko Pende
"Transgenic axolotl (CNP:GFP;β3Tubulin:mCherry) showing components of the nervous system. CNP+ Schwann cells (cyan) and axons (magenta)."
MDI Biological Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine, USA
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122points

#15 Image Of Distinction - Dr. Andrew Posselt

Image Of Distinction - Dr. Andrew Posselt
"Bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax)."
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Department of Surgery
Mill Valley, California, USA
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121points

#16 11th Place - Ye Fei Zhang

11th Place - Ye Fei Zhang
"Moth eggs."
Jiang Yin, Jiangsu, China
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117points

#17 Honorable Mention - Dr. Laurent Formery

Honorable Mention - Dr. Laurent Formery
"Two-month old juvenile sea star (Patiria miniata)."
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
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113points

#18 Image Of Distinction - Karl Deckart

Image Of Distinction - Karl Deckart
"Dental drill bit studded with diamond chips."
Eckental, Bavaria, Germany
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113points

#19 Image Of Distinction - Ahmad Fauzan

Image Of Distinction - Ahmad Fauzan
"Black and white human hair."
Macro Depok (MD)
Department of Engineering
Jakarta, Indonesia
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110points

#20 Image Of Distinction - Yoshihiro Tamaru

Image Of Distinction - Yoshihiro Tamaru
"Tail of a planktonic crustacean (Oithona brevicornis)."
Hino, Tokyo, Japan
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103points
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