Cacodylic acid crystals (100x), Photo by Dr. Rong Wen
Now in its 36th year, the Nikon Small World competition is widely regarded as the leading forum to recognize proficiency and photographic excellence of photography taken under the microscope. To select the winners, competition judges analyzed more than 2,000 micrographs from all over the world, covering subject ranging from chemical compounds to up-close-and-personal looks at biological specimens. Judges for 2010 included Jeremy Kaplan, Science & Technology Editor, FoxNews.com, Betsy Mason, Science Editor, Wired.com, Alison J. North, Ph.D., Director of the Bio-Imaging Resource Center and Shirley A. Owens, Ph.D., Retired Director of the Confocal Lab in the Center for Advanced Microscopy, Michigan State University. This is a selection of Winners, Honorable Mentions and Images of Distinction.
Air bubble in Carbopol gel sample (300x), Photo by Jerzy Gubernator
Crystallized melt of resorcinal and carbon tetrabromide (33x), Photo by Dr. John Hart
Divaricatic acid from Evernia divaricata (lichen), recrystallized from acetone (10x), Photo by Dr. Ralf Wagner
Penicillin (sodium salt) recrystallized from mixed solvents (60x), Photo by Thomas Deerinck
Anopheles (mosquito) eye (20x), Photo by Dr. Marie Andersson
Crystallized soy sauce (16x), Photo by Yanping Wang
Sodium saccharin crystals (100x), Photo by Darryl Hover
Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) intestine (800x), Photo by Dr. Paul Appleton and Ian Newton
Mesocriconema sp. (ring nematode) (1000x), Photo by Dr. Jonathan Eisenback
Crystallized melt of sulfur and acetanilide (10x), Photo by Dr. John Hart
Soap film (150x), Photo by Gerd Guenther
Polished Mexican fire agate (4x), Photo by Thomas Shearer
Potassium ferricyanide (40x), Photo by Stefan Eberhard
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