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In order to photograph this turtle embryo, the photographer had to stack together hundreds of images. The result is an amazing fluorescent photo of a tiny turtle embryo, which one first place for the 2019 competition.
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These weird, trippy objects are stentors, types of single-celled protozoa that live in fresh water and feed on algae.
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An alligator embryo, twenty days into the animal's development, just as it's nerves and skeleton are forming.
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The flamboyant antennae of a male mosquito.
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A transmitted-light image of a perfect snowflake.
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The many eyes of a small spider, covered in soft white hair.
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The stamen of a Chinese red carnation releasing pollen.
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This is the inside of a frozen water droplet magnifies eight times.
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The cross section of a tulip bud, with the top of the bud sliced off to show the delicate curling of the petals and stamen.
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These are the cells of a young cow that undergoing the telophase stage of mitosis, when they form two nuclei before splitting into new cells.
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The ovaries of a fruit fly, with the nuclei stained green, the follicle cells magenta and the protein filament F-actin colored yellow.
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A mosquito larva.
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A mineral composed of copper oxide called cuprite.
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A fierce-looking female lynx spider.
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A pregnant Daphnia magna, a type of freshwater crustacean.
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A housefly's eye magnified fifty times.
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A crystal of absorbic acid called vitamin C revealing an amazing shape under a microscope.
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A mushroom-shaped crystal of cristobalite suspended in clear quartz.
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The embryo of a California two-spot octopus.
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The blood vessels of a mouse after it had a heart attack.
Top Twenty Photos From Nikon's Microscope Photography Competition
This year marked the 45th year of Nikon's Small World microscope photography competition, called the Photomicrography Competition, and the winners have just been announced. In order to be valid for entry, photographs must be taken using a light microscope. The subjects of the competition entries range from animal embryos to cells to plants, but they all have one thing in common: these are not things we can see with the naked eye. And they are absolutely beautiful. Here are the top twenty photos from the competition, in order. Enjoy.
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