17 incredible microscopic images from the 2024 photomicrography competition (18 photos)
There is a stunning world around us that we cannot see with the naked eye, but powerful microscopes help us to reveal it. The International Photomicrograph Competition "Nikon's Small World" gives us the opportunity to take an amazing journey into the microscopic universe. In this post, you will see pictures from the competition that scientific research has turned into real fine art. 
1. The nervous system of a young starfish, Laurent Formery and Nathaniel Clark, USA 
2. Sandy beach, Zhang Chao, China 
The Nikon Small World Competition has been a meeting place for science, technology and artistic creativity for fifty years. Established in 1974, it has established itself as the most important international competition dedicated to microscope photography, attracting thousands of entries each year from over 100 different countries.
3. Slime mold (Prototrichia metallica), Timothy Boomer, USA 
4. Electric arc between a pin and a wire, Marcel Clemens, Italy 
5. Cross-section of an aster anther with grains, Igor Sivanovich, USA 
6. Golden insect eggs on a sage leaf, Jochen Stern, Germany 
7. Cross section of dandelion (Traxacum officinale) with pollen, Robert Marcus, United Kingdom 
8. Yellow Wasp Eyes, Bruce Douglas Taubert, USA 
9. Human Neurons, Saikat Ghosh, USA 
10. Cat's Claw, Ted Kinsman, USA 
11. Green Spider Crab (Diaea dorsata) Eyes, Pawel Blachowicz, Poland 
12. Development of the nervous system in the eye of a seven-day-old chicken embryo, Elkhan Yusifov and Martina Schettin, Switzerland 
13. Butterfly wing scales (Papilio ulysses) on a medical syringe needle, Daniel Knop, Germany 
14. Pollen on a Garden Web, John-Oliver Doom, Germany 
15. Peacock Feather - Picture of Perfection - Håkan Kvarnström, Sweden 
16. Turntable tip on scratched vinyl record, Daniel Evrard, Belgium 
17. Opening of a hibiscus flower (Hibiscus moscheutos) with four pollen exposures, each ten minutes apart, Daniel Knoop, Germany 
