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From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

By Conner Forrest October 14, 2015, 5:52 AM PDT

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From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

1. Honey bee eye

1. Honey bee eye

Every year, Nikon hosts its Small World competition for microscopic scientific images. Here are the top 20 images from 2015, including photos of plants, animals, and their most interesting tiny bits.

Hailing from Queensland, Australia, Grimm captured this image of a honey bee’s eye covered in dandelion pollen using reflected light.

From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

2. Mouse colon

Image: Kristen Earle, Gabriel Billings, KC Huang, Justin Sonnenburg/Nikon

2. Mouse colon

From the Stanford University School of Medicine, this image of a mouse colon colonized with human microbiota was captured using confocal microscopy.

Image: Kristen Earle, Gabriel Billings, KC Huang, Justin Sonnenburg/Nikon
From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

3. Humped bladderwort

Image: Dr. Igor Siwanowicz/Nikon

3. Humped bladderwort

Also captured using confocal microscopy, this image shows the intake of a humped bladderwort plant. This freshwater carnivorous plant typically feeds on small invertebrates.

Image: Dr. Igor Siwanowicz/Nikon
From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

4. Mammary gland organoid

Image: Daniel H. Miller, Ethan S. Sokol/Nikon

4. Mammary gland organoid

This human mammary gland organoid was actually grown in a lab.

Image: Daniel H. Miller, Ethan S. Sokol/Nikon
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From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

5. Mouse brain vasculature

Image: Dr. Giorgio Seano, Dr. Rakesh K. Jain/Nikon

5. Mouse brain vasculature

Here we have the vascular system of a mouse brain with glioblastoma, a malignant brain tumor.

Image: Dr. Giorgio Seano, Dr. Rakesh K. Jain/Nikon
From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

6. Moss spore capsule

Image: Henri Koskinen/Nikon

6. Moss spore capsule

Using reflected light, Henri Koskinen of Helsinki, Finland captured this image of a spore capsule of a moss.

Image: Henri Koskinen/Nikon
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From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

7. Starfish

Image: Evan Darling/Nikon

7. Starfish

This starfish image was also captured using confocal microscopy, showing a fascinating amount of detail.

Image: Evan Darling/Nikon
From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

8. Blood vessels

Image: Dr. Tomoko Yamazaki/Nikon

8. Blood vessels

What you’re looking at is a mouse’s ear. Using microscopic imaging techniques, we are able to see the nerves and blood vessels in the skin of this mouse’s ear.

Image: Dr. Tomoko Yamazaki/Nikon
From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

9. Arabidopsis buds

Image: Dr. Nathanael Prunet/Nikon

9. Arabidopsis buds

These are the buds of an Arabidopsis plant, sometimes referred to as rockcress.

Image: Dr. Nathanael Prunet/Nikon
From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

10. Clam shrimp

Image: Ian Gardiner /Nikon

10. Clam shrimp

Clam shrimp are a type of crustacean, similar to the mollusc. This photo was taken in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Image: Ian Gardiner /Nikon
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From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

11. Fern sorus

Image: Rogelio Moreno Gill/Nikon

11. Fern sorus

A sorus produces spores for a fern. Here we see it at different levels in the maturation process.

Image: Rogelio Moreno Gill/Nikon
From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

12. Sea mullet embryos

Image: Hannah Sheppard-Brennand/Nikon

12. Sea mullet embryos

This image of developing sea mullet embryos was captured using brightfield imaging.

Image: Hannah Sheppard-Brennand/Nikon
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From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

13. Carnivorous plant tentacles

Image: Jose Almodovar/Nikon

13. Carnivorous plant tentacles

These tentacles belong to a plant in the Drosera, also known as sundew.

Image: Jose Almodovar/Nikon
From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

14. Australian grass seed

Image: Viktor Sykora/Nikon

14. Australian grass seed

Sykora, of Prague, Czech Republic, took this image of Australian grass seed using dark field microscopy, which helps enhance the contrast.

Image: Viktor Sykora/Nikon
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15. Anther

Image: Dr. Heiti Paves/Nikon

15. Anther

The anther is the part of a flower’s stamen that actually produces the pollen. This image shows the anther of a plant that is in the process of flowering.

Image: Dr. Heiti Paves/Nikon
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From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

16. Feeding rotifers

Image: Charles B. Krebs/Nikon

16. Feeding rotifers

Rotifers, also known as wheel animals, are a form of pseudocoelomate animals.

Image: Charles B. Krebs/Nikon
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From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

17. Black witch-hazel

Image: Dr. David Maitland/Nikon

17. Black witch-hazel

This image shows a black witch-hazel leaf producing crystals to defend itself against herbivores. It was captured using differential interference contrast, which helps to enhance the contrast of the sample.

Image: Dr. David Maitland/Nikon
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From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

18. Hairyback worm and algae

Image: Roland Gross/Nikon

18. Hairyback worm and algae

Switzerland’s Roland Gross caught this image of a hairyback, which is also known as a gastrotrich.

Image: Roland Gross/Nikon
From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

19. Horseshoe worm larva

Image: Dr. Richard R. Kirby/Nikon

19. Horseshoe worm larva

This image of a planktonic larva of a horseshoe worm was captured using dark field microscopy.

Image: Dr. Richard R. Kirby/Nikon
From sea mullets to feeding rotifers: Top 20 Nikon Small World images of 2015

20. Diving beetle

Image: Frank Reiser/Nikon

20. Diving beetle

Here we see the suction cups on the foreleg of a diving beetle. On average, diving beetles are only 25 mm long.

Image: Frank Reiser/Nikon
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