Thursday, October 21, 2010

Microscopes

I was looking through articles tonight and found this really cool one. As part of the annual Small World Photomicrogaphy Competition sponsored by Nikon, people around the world take pictures of things underneath light microscopes. This is a spin on traditional photography that seems really awesome to me - we can't see the beautiful things that these photographs showcase with the naked eye! You wouldn't think that these photos are what they actually are (especially the soy sauce one). Below are some of the winning photographs from the 2010 competition (top 10), but you can look at more here: http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/gallery/year/2010/1

Mosquito Heart

Living specimen of red seaweed (40x)

Bird of paradise seed (10x)

Crystallized Soy Sauce (note the smiley face)

Ctenocephalides canis

Endothelial cell attached to synthetic microfibers

5-day old zebrafish head

Cacoxenite - a mineral

Zebrafish olfactory bulbs

Wasp nest (10x)

Some others that I thought were cool:
Soap film
Wasp eye
Baby mollusc

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3 comments:

  1. Roxy SzalOctober 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM

    This are the coolest pictures ever!!! It's so interesting because someone could look at these pictures without any context and see something so different.

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  2. Alan SchmalstigOctober 24, 2010 at 2:40 PM

    cool stuff, I liked the crystallized soy sauce smiley face

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  3. EmOctober 27, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    Thanks to both of you!
    And Roxy, that is definitely true! When I first looked at these pictures, I imagined all sorts of weird things that they could actually be. Especially the soap bubble one!

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