A New York City photographer has been awarded first prize for her picture of a fluorescent turtle embryo created by combining stereomicroscopy and fluorescence techniques. "It's amazing to be able to share that science with other people'', the winner commented.
The Nikon International Small World Competition was first launched in 1975 for pictures taken with a light microscope.
According to their official website, the contest is open to anyone "with an interest in microscopy and photography".
Enjoy these fascinating pictures of beauty and science in our gallery.
Fluorescent turtle embryo by Teresa Zgoda & Teresa Kugler, the winner of Nikon Small World 2019
Vitamin C by Karl Deckart, 17th place in Nikon Small World 2019
Pregnant Daphnia magna by Marek Miś, 15th place in Nikon Small World 2019
Mosquito larva by Anne Algar, 12th place in Nikon Small World 2019
Chinese red carnation stamen by Dr Guillermo López López, 7th place in Nikon Small World 2019
Tulip bud cross section by Andrei Savitsky, 9th place in Nikon Small World 2019
BPAE cells in telophase stage of mitosis by Jason M. Kirk, 10th place in Nikon Small World 2019
A pair of ovaries from an adult Drosophila female stained for F-actin (yellow) and nuclei (green); follicle cells are marked by GFP (magenta) by Dr Yujin Chen & Dr Jocelyn McDonald, 11th place in Nikon Small World 2019
Female Oxyopes dumonti (lynx) spider by Antoine Franck, 14th place in Nikon Small World 2019
Octopus bimaculoides embryo by Martyna Lukoseviciute and Dr Carrie Albertin, 19th place inNikon Small World 2019
Snowflake by Caleb Foster, 5th place in Nikon Small World 2019
Alligator embryo developing nerves and skeleton by Daniel Smith Paredes & Dr Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar, 3rd place in Nikon Small World 2019
Housefly compound eye pattern by Dr Razvan Cornel Constantin, 16th place in Nikon Small World 2019
Blood vessels of a murine (mouse) heart following myocardial infarction (heart attack) by Simon Merz, Lea Bornemann & Sebastian Korste, 20th place Nikon Small World 2019
Photo by Dr Emilio Carabajal Márquez, 13th place in Nikon Small World 2019
Small white hair spider, Javier Rupérez, 6th place in Nikon Small World 2019
Photo by Dr Igor Siwanowicz, 2nd place in Nikon Small World 2019
Frozen water droplet by Garzon Christian, 8th place in Nikon Small World 2019
Male mosquito by Jan Rosenboom, 4th place in Nikon Small World 2019
