Nikon Small World Competition in 2010.

Nikon Small World Photo Contest has been held for the 36th year and attracts participants from around the world. Photos in this release have been made by amateur photographers, professionals and scientists with a microscope. The jury selected 137 finalists already, the purpose of which - "recognition of the importance and beauty of photographs taken through a microscope." Four judges will select the winners in the next month, and now we offer you a look at the most prominent participants.
18 photo + letter
1. The soap film (magnification x 150). Picture taken in Dusseldorf, Germany. (GERD GUENTHER / BARCROFT MEDIA)





2. Crystallized soy sauce (16x increase). Picture taken at the Beijing University of Foreign Languages ​​and Culture. (YANPING WANG / BARCROFT MEDIA)



3. The egg of a butterfly on a flower bud (increase x6). Photo taken in Austin, Texas. (DAVID MILLARD / BARCROFT MEDIA)



4. Part jaw Spider (magnification x10). Picture taken in Knokke, Belgium. (PHILIPPE VERREES / BARCROFT MEDIA)



5. Seed of the bird of paradise (increased x10). Picture taken at the Institute of Pathophysiology in Prague. (VIKTOR SYKORA / BARCROFT MEDIA)



6. Abdomen bee pollen (increased x40). Picture taken in the Institute for Genetics and biological research in Hungary. (DR. ROBERT MARKUS / BARCROFT MEDIA)



7. The early stage of ovule weed Arabidopsis thaliana (x20 increase). Picture taken in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Oxford. (DR. JOHN RUNIONS / BARCROFT MEDIA)



8. fern spores (increased x20). Picture taken in the Institute of Philadelphia. (FREDERICK KEENEY / BARCROFT MEDIA)



9. Eye and mustache wasp (increased x40). Picture taken in Issakua, Washington. (CHARLES KREBS / BARCROFT MEDIA)



10. Moulds kind Aspergilis niger (x40 increase). Picture taken at the Institute of Biology in Leiden, Netherlands. (GERDA LAMERS / BARCROFT MEDIA)



11. The air bubble in the medical gel (increase x300). Picture taken at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. (JERZY GUBERNATOR / BARCROFT MEDIA)



12. ciliates paramecium (tiny organisms living in water) - an increase x100. Picture taken at Connecticut College in New London. (DR. PETER SIVER / BARCROFT MEDIA LTD)



13. Bearded weevil (increased x10). Picture taken at the University of Colombia in Medellin. (ALEXA VANEGAS / BARCROFT MEDIA)



14. Deferred egg flies (increased x40). Picture taken in Paris. (JULIETTE MATHIEU / BARCROFT MEDIA)



15. Section of the human brain (increase X63). Picture taken at the Universidad del Sur, Buenos Aires. (DR. MARIA PRADO-FIGUEROA / BARCROFT MEDIA)



16. Crystals of sodium saccharin. Picture taken in Salem, Oregon. (DARRYL HOVER / BARCROFT MEDIA)



17. Stem cell mouse embryo (X63 increase). Picture taken at the Center for Medical regeneration in Barcelona. (DR. JUAN CARLOS IZPISUA / BARCROFT MEDIA)



18. Crystal Snowflake (magnification x40). Picture taken in sonkajärvi, Finland. (PEKKA HONKAKOSKI / BARCROFT MEDIA)



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