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Image of Distinction: House Spider Harold Taylor Kensworth, Dunstable, United KingdomImage Stacking, 30x![20_Place_21440_1_Hockman_copy]()
20th Place: Embryos of the species Molossus rufus (black mastiff bat) Dorit Hockman Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom Brightfield![19_Place_21664_2_Naghiloo_copy]()
19th Place: Floral primordia of Allium sativum (garlic) Dr. Somayeh Naghiloo Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Tabriz Tabriz, IranEpi-Illumination![18_Place_21940_3_Maitland_copy]()
18th Place: Coral sand Dr. David Maitland www.davidmaitland.com Feltwell, United KingdomBrightfield, 100x![17_Place_22063_3_Krebs_copy]()
17th Place: Stinging nettle trichome on leaf vein Charles Krebs Charles Krebs Photography Issaquah, Washington, USATransmitted Light, 100x![16_Place_21771_3_Moore]()
16th Place: Fossilized Turitella agate containing Elimia tenera (freshwater snails) and ostracods (seed shrimp) Douglas Moore University Relations & Communications/Geology University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USAStereomicroscopy, 7x![15_Place_21183_3_Genre_copy]()
15th Place: Section of a Coccinella (ladybug) leg Andrea Genre Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology University of Turin Turin, ItalyConfocal, 10x![14_Place_21784_3_Almodovar_copy]()
14th Place: Pistil of Adenium obesum José R. Almodóvar Rivera University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, Biology Department Mayaguez Puerto Rico, USAImage Stacking, 10x![13_Place_21885_2_Lipscomb_copy]()
13th Place: Sonderia sp. (a ciliate that preys upon various algae, diatoms, and cyanobacteria) Dr. Diana Lipscomb Department of Biological Sciences George Washington University Washington, District of Columbia, USANomarski Interference Contrast, 400x![12_Place_guc]()
12th Place: Cells sprout from dextran beads embedded in fibrin gel Esra Guc École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne, SwitzerlandFluorescence, Confocal, 200x![11_Place_22071_2_Stetina_copy]()
11th Place: Tip of the gut of a Drosophila melanogaster larva Jessica Von Stetina Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAConfocal, 25x![10_Place_21958_2_Migotto_copy]()
10th Place: Brittle star Dr. Alvaro Migotto University of São Paulo Centro de Biologia Marinha São Paulo, BrazilStereomicroscopy, Darkfield, 8x![09_Place_22047_3_Drange_copy]()
9th Place: Myrmica sp. (ant) carrying its larva Geir Drange Asker, NorwayReflected Light, Image Stacking, 5x![08_Place_22075_1_Guenther_copy]()
8th Place: Pleurobrachia sp. (sea gooseberry) larva Gerd A. Guenther Düsseldorf, GermanyDifferential Interference Contrast, 500x![07_Place_22042_2_Bridge_copy]()
7th Place: Eye organ of a fruit fly larva Dr. Michael John Bridge HSC Core Research Facilities - Cell Imaging Lab University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, USAConfocal, 60x![06_Place_20773_1_Mis_copy]()
6th Place: Cosmarium sp. (desmid) near a Sphagnum sp. leaf Marek Mis Marek Mis Photography Suwalki, PolandPolarized Light, 100x![05_Place_21340_1_Cocera_copy]()
5th Place: Cacoxenite (mineral) from La Paloma Mine, Spain Honorio Cócera-La Parra Museum of Geology, Department of Geology University of Valencia Valencia, SpainTransmitted Light, 18x![04_Place_21756_1_Williamson_copy]()
4th Place: Drosophila melanogaster visual system halfway through pupal development, showing retina (gold), photoreceptor axons (blue), and brain (green) Dr. W. Ryan Williamson Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Ashburn, Virginia, USAConfocal, 1500x![03_Place_21752_1_Burnette_copy]()
3rd Place: Human bone cancer (osteosarcoma) showing actin filaments (purple), mitochondria (yellow), and DNA (blue) Dr. Dylan Burnette National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, USA Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM), 63x![02_Place_21101_3_Piorkowski_copy]()
2nd Place: Live newborn lynx spiderlings Walter Piorkowski South Beloit, Illinois, USA Reflected Light, Fiber Optics, Image Stacking, 6x![01_Place_21844_1_Peters_copy]()
1st Place: The blood-brain barrier in a live zebrafish embryo Dr. Jennifer L. Peters and Dr. Michael R. Taylor St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis, Tennessee USAConfocal, 20xNikon's Small World Contest 2012: Life as you've never seen it
Nikon's annual Small World Competition showcases the year's best photography through the eye of a microscope. Here are the top 20 of 2012 and vote for your favorite on Facebook.
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