30 Mind-Blowing Microscopic Images From The 2024 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Contest

National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China

"Beach sand."

Stanford University
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Pacific Grove, California, USA

"Nervous system of a young sea star."

Oberzent-Airlenbach, Hessen, Germany

"Wing scales of a butterfly (Papilio ulysses) on a medical syringe needle."

Vacaville, California, USA

"Slime mold (Prototrichia metallica)."

Bromma, Sweden

"Peacock plume feather."

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Janelia Research Campus
Ashburn, Virginia, USA

"Antenna of a mole crab."

Port Townsend, Washington, USA

"Leaf of a cannabis plant. The bulbous glands are trichomes. The bubbles inside are cannabinoid vesicles."

Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany

"Pollen on the compound eyes of a fly."

Rochester Institute of Technology
Photosciences Department
Rochester, New York, USA

"A common house cat claw."

Bedlno, Świętokrzyskie, Poland

"Eyes of green crab spider (Diaea dorsata)."

Verona, Veneto, Italy

"Electrical arc between a pin and a wire."

Columbia University
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
New York, New York, USA

"Cluster of octopus (Octopus hummelincki) eggs."

Vernal, Utah, USA

"Agatized dinosaur bone."

Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

"Golden bug eggs on a sage leaf."

Glendale, Arizona, USA

"Ocelli between the compound eyes of a yellow jacket."

Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

"Ink dot on Japanese washi paper."

Helsinki University
Helsinki, Uudenmaan lääni, Finland

"Slime mold (Cribraria cancellata)."

University of Zurich
Department of Molecular Life Sciences
Zurich, Switzerland

"Developing nervous system in the eye of a 7-day-old chick embryo."

Maria Enzersdorf, Austria

"Cross section of European beach grass (Ammophila arenaria) leaf."

Aywaille, Liege, Belgium

"Vinyl player needle on scratched vinyl disk."