Science as Art

Crossing a microscope with a camera gives you a micrograph, a tiny photograph that allows artists and scientists to show the beauty that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Every year the Nikon Small World competition celebrates this hidden world. Some of my faves:

Mouse Purkinje (brain) cells (40x)














Mosquito larvae (100x)














Fungal infection of a plant (25x)














And the first place winner of the competition...

Anther (the pollen producing and storing part) of the thale cress plant (20x)
















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