The 2010 Winners Small World Photomicrography Competition صور رهيبة سبح الخالق


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The 2010 Winners

The annual Small World Photomicrography Competition sponsored by Nikon aims to showcase "the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope."
Indeed, the 2010 winning photographs reveal what's not seen or visible to the human eye. While many of the stunning images were taken to advance science, some are just simply beautiful to look at.
The following photos were amongst this year's 20 winners, but you can see hundreds of gorgeous photos featured from previous years as well. Some winning photographs are on display at museums across the country. You can also learn how to create your own masterpieces.
  • 1st Anopheles gambiae (mosquito) heartJonas King
  • 2nd 5-day old zebrafish headHideo Otsuna
  • 3rd Zebrafish olfactory bulbsOliver Braubach


  • 4th Wasp nestR. Taiariol
  • 5th Strelitzia reginae (bird of paradise) seedViktor Sykora
  • 6th Martensia sp. (red seaweed), living specimenJohn Huisman
  • 7th Endothelial cell attached to synthetic microfibers, stained with microtubules, F-actin and nucleiYongli Shan
  • 8th Cacoxenite (mineral)H. Cocera-La Parra
  • 9th Ctenocephalides canis (flea)Duane Harland
  • 10th Crystallized soy sauceYanping Wang
  • 11th Telophase HeLa (cancer) cells expressing Aurora B-EGFP (green)Paul D. Andrews
  • 12th Juvenile bivalve mollusc, Lima sp.Gregory Rouse
  • 13th Orange Fungia (mushroom coral), live specimenJames Nicholson
  • 14th Spiral vessels from banana plant stemStephen Lowry
  • 15th Divaricatic acid from Evernia divaricata (lichen), recrystallized from acetoneRalf Wagner
  • 16th Mirabilis jalapa (four o'clock flower) stigma with pollenRobert Markus
  • 17th Ichneumon wasp compound eye and antenna baseCharles Krebs
  • 18th Soap filmGerd Guenther
  • 19th Wistar rat retina outlining the retinal vessel network and associated communication channelsCameron Johnson
  • 20th Crystallized melt of sulfur and acetanilideJohn Hart

Honorable Mentions

  • Honorable Mention Anopheles (mosquito) eyeMarie Andersson
  • Honorable Mention Trout alevin (larva)Robert Berdan
  • Honorable Mention Checkerboard domain of a bent core liquid crystalRajdeep Deb
  • Honorable Mention Recrystallized sulfurE. Gafford
  • Honorable Mention Paramecium caudatum fed with Congo red-stained yeast, living specimenGerd Guenther
  • Honorable Mention Sodium saccharin crystalsDarryl Hover
  • Honorable Mention Anisakis pegreffi (parasitic worm)J. Hoving
  • Honorable Mention Griffithsia monillis (red seaweed)John Huisman
  • Honorable Mention Turbinate eyes of male mayflyLaurie Knight
  • Honorable Mention Crab larva, living specimenCharles Krebs
  • Honorable Mention Echinaster brasiliensis (starfish) embryo, four cell stageAlvaro Migotto
  • Honorable Mention Trichoptera Hydropsyche angustipennis (caddisfly) larva, posterior clawsFabrice Parais
  • Honorable Mention Human brain sectionsM. Prado-Figueroa
  • Honorable Mention Female Axonopsis (water mite), ventral sideA. Valdecasas, et al.
  • Honorable Mention SnowflakeYanping Wang

Images of Distinction

  • Image of Distinction Fern gametophyteJose R. Almodovar
  • Image of Distinction Daphnia sp.Jose R. Almodovar
  • Image of Distinction Drosophila sp. (fruit fly) eye, direct mountMarie Andersson
  • Image of Distinction Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) intestineP. Appleton, et al.
  • Image of Distinction Rhodomonas baltica (algae), live mount showing natural fluorescenceTora Bardal
  • Image of Distinction Trazodone, alpha-estradiol 7256a Lars Bech
  • Image of Distinction Hair follicles in a newborn mouse (cyan) transduced with a lentivirus (magenta)S. Beronja
  • Image of Distinction E16.5 mouse scan utilizing autofluorescence on 3 wavelengths showing mouse vasculatureRachel Berry
  • Image of Distinction Arabidopsis seedling root hair, live specimenElison Blancaflor
  • Image of Distinction Apterous Aphis fabae (black bean aphid) female with offspring inside the bodyTomas Cabello
  • Image of Distinction BryozoaJocelyn Cheng
  • Image of Distinction Clinozoisite prismatic crystal with augiteH. Cocera-La Parra
  • Image of Distinction Penicillin (sodium salt) recrystallized from mixed solventsThomas Deerinck
  • Image of Distinction 2-Photon fluorescence image of glial cells in the cerebellumThomas Deerinck
  • Image of Distinction Cryosection of rat skeletal muscleL. Dubreil
  • Image of Distinction Potassium ferricyanideStefan Eberhard
  • Image of Distinction 72 hour chick embryo, dissected from the yolkS. Eisenbach
  • Image of Distinction Mesocriconema sp. (ring nematode)J. Eisenback
  • Image of Distinction Meloidogyne camelliae (root-knot nematode) perineal patternJ. Eisenback
  • Image of Distinction Tortula papillosa (moss)C. Gautier
  • Image of Distinction Porpita porpita (blue button) tentacleC. Gautier
  • Image of Distinction Toad ova injected, mounted in lacto-phenolC. Gautier
  • Image of Distinction Pellicle details of the ciliate Paramecium caudatumSven Gould
  • Image of Distinction Air bubble in Carbopol gel sampleJerzy Gubernator
  • Image of Distinction Prunus cerasifera ('Pissardii' purple-leaved plum) stamenMarta Guervos
  • Image of Distinction Drosophila sp. (fruit fly) larva with the dendrites of a sensory neuron group labeled, live specimenChun Han
  • Image of Distinction Crystallized melt of resorcinal and carbon tetrabromideJohn Hart
  • Image of Distinction Crystallized melt mixture of sulfur, resorcinal, dibenzofuranJohn Hart
  • Image of Distinction Snowcrystal (snowflake)Pekka Honkakoski
  • Image of Distinction Unidentified sponge spiculeRichard Howey
  • Image of Distinction Mouse embryo stem cells surrounded by trophectoderm cellsJ. Izpisúa
  • Image of Distinction Fern SporeF. Keeney
  • Image of Distinction Fern SporeF. Keeney
  • Image of Distinction Mineral glass fibersAles Kladnik
  • Image of Distinction Developing Eleutherodactylus coqui (frog), whole mountMike Klymkowsky
  • Image of Distinction Bryum sp. (moss) spore capsule peristomeLaurie Knight
  • Image of Distinction Dolichopodid sp. (fly) eyesLaurie Knight
  • Image of Distinction 15 day old Phascolosoma agassizii (peanut worm) larva, lateral viewAlen Kristof
  • Image of Distinction 39 day old Aeolidiella stephanieae (sea slug), dorsal viewAlen Kristof
  • Image of Distinction GFP expression in Aspergilis nigerGerda Lamers
  • Image of Distinction Biddulphia capucina (diatom)Robert Lavigne
  • Image of Distinction Senecio vulgaris (common groundsel) seed with ectomycorrhizal hyphae of a soil fungusEdwin Lee
  • Image of Distinction Root hairs on the plant Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress)Jessica Lucas
  • Image of Distinction Bee abdomen with pollenRobert Markus
  • Image of Distinction Drosophila sp. (fly) egg chamber with extra cell numberJ. Mathieu
  • Image of Distinction Limnochares aquatica (water mite) surface microstructure including a glandularium and two slit organs, dorsal viewJan Michels
  • Image of Distinction Protzia eximia (water mite), ventral viewJan Michels
  • Image of Distinction Hemiargus isola (Reakirt's blue butterfly) egg on Mimosa strigillosa (pink powderpuff) budDavid Millard
  • Image of Distinction Craspedodiscus coscinodiscus Ehrenberg (extinct marine diatom)Stephen Nagy
  • Image of Distinction Insect in cyanideEsmaeil Nasrollahi
  • Image of Distinction Insect in cyanideEsmaeil Nasrollahi
  • Image of Distinction Insect in cyanideEsmaeil Nasrollahi
  • Image of Distinction Fungia sp. (mushroom coral), natural auto fluorescent proteins around mouthJames Nicholson
  • Image of Distinction Vascular trace development in a corn leafD. O'Connor
  • Image of Distinction Heteroptera: Micronecta sp.Fabrice Parais
  • Image of Distinction Hydropsyche angustipennis (caddisfly) larva headFabrice Parais
  • Image of Distinction Rat subcutaneous fibroblasts on silicon microactuatorRafael Pennese
  • Image of Distinction Heteroscodra maculata (ornamental baboon tarantula) basal leg segmentsTyrel Pinnegar
  • Image of Distinction Rust on an iron round barM. Reinhard
  • Image of Distinction Myoblast cell grown on a microcontact-printed fibronectin gridS. Ricoult
  • Image of Distinction Acnemia varipennis (fungus gnat) eggs in natural conditionGerhard Rohringer
  • Image of Distinction Arabidopsis sp. (thale cress) flower showing early ovule and pollen developmentJohn Runions
  • Image of Distinction Evaporated ascorbic acid solutionDonald Schick
  • Image of Distinction Polished Mexican fire agateThomas Shearer
  • Image of Distinction Paramecium sp.Peter Siver
  • Image of Distinction RadiolarianRaymond Sloss
  • Image of Distinction Paramecium sp., live mountCraig Smith
  • Image of Distinction Testosterone base crystalsStanley Stein
  • Image of Distinction Multi-stacked diatoms G. balticum, P. angulatum; colors carefully selected and enhancedM. Stringer
  • Image of Distinction Mirabilis jalapa (four o'clock flower) germination, native sampleViktor Sykora
  • Image of Distinction Artemia salina (brine shrimp) in a drop of waterViktor Sykora
  • Image of Distinction Ceratium sp. (dinoflagellate), living specimenWim van Egmond
  • Image of Distinction Planktonic decapod larvaWim van Egmond
  • Image of Distinction Rhinostomus barbirostris Fabricius (bearded weevil)Alexa Vanegas
  • Image of Distinction Echinoderm embryo undergoing second cleavageBruno Vellutini
  • Image of Distinction Adolescent sand dollarBruno Vellutini
  • Image of Distinction Portion of spider mandibleP. Verrees
  • Image of Distinction Red begonia (stamens of male flower)M. Wakazaki, et al.
  • Image of Distinction Antique slide featuring whelk (snail) radulaDavid Walker
  • Image of Distinction Scagelia sp. (red algae)Arlene Wechezak
  • Image of Distinction Cacodylic acid crystalsRong Wen
  • Image of Distinction Oryzias latipes (Japanese medaka) embryo, live mountJim Wetzel
  • Image of Distinction Connellite, freestanding crystalsStephan Wolfsried
  • Image of Distinction Tomato shoot apical meristemSaiko Yoshida
  • Image of Distinction Microtubule and clathrinXiaowei Zhuang

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