The winners of the contest photomicrography Nikon Small World 2017

• The winners photomicrography Nikon Small World 2017

Competition micrographs of Nikon small world is the oldest and most respected competition of its kind in the world. This is a demonstration of beauty, sophistication and perfection of nature as seen through a microscope.

Only the winners of the contest were announced. The jury viewed by 2000 the most interesting pictures of the invisible world from 88 countries.

rupture place a hologram on a plastic card. 10-fold increase. (Photo by Steven Simon, Grand Prairie, Texas):

The eye of harvestmen arachnids class. 20-fold increase. (Photo by Charles Krebs, Issaquah, Washington):

Plant Senecio vulgaris. 2-fold increase. (Photo by Dr. Havi Sarfaty, Yahud-Monoson, Israel):

Minerals kakoksenit and nsutite. 5-fold increase. (Photo by Emilio Carabajal Márquez, Madrid, Spain):

The origin of the bat. 18-fold increase. (Photo by Dr. Rick Adams, Greeley, Colorado):

moth eggs in the web of a spider. 16-fold increase. (Photo by Walter Piorkowski, South Beloit, Illinois):

Here is the connecting portion between the abdomen and thorax of an ant with a 5-fold increase. (Photo Can Tunçer, Izmir, Turkey):

The blood vessels of the human language. 100-fold magnification. (Photo by Frank Reiser, Garden City, New York):

The structure of the spiral organ of the cochlea. 100-fold magnification. (Photo by Dr. Michael Perny, Bern, Switzerland):

It looks like mold on a tomato, an increase of 3.9 times. (Photo by Dean Lerman, Netanya, Israel):

Dandelion pollen. 25-fold increase. (Photo by Dr. Robert Markus, Nottingham, United Kingdom):

So look eye earthen wasps with 20 times magnification. (Photo by Laurie Knight, Tonbridge, United Kingdom):

Water flea magnified 10 times. (Photo by Rogelio Moreno, Panama City, Panama):

rotifers Group, increased by 20 times. (Photo by Frank Fox, Konz, Germany):

"Person" Butterfly with a 5-fold increase. (Photo by Jan Rosenboom, Rostock, Germany):

The cultivation of cartilage in the laboratory using bone stem cells. (Photo by Catarina Moura, Dr. Sumeet Mahajan, Dr. Richard Oreffo & Dr. Rahul Tare, Southampton, United Kingdom):

Abdominal caterpillars department, increased by 3.7 times. (Photo by Dean Lerman, Netanya, Israel):

The head of the tapeworm. 200-fold increase. (Photo by Teresa Zgoda, Rochester, New York):

Sea cucumbers. 100-fold magnification. (Photo by Christian Gautier, Le Mans, France):

The knitted fabric with a zip, enlarged 10 times. (Photo by Marc Van Hove, Zwijnaarde, Belgium):

The liquid crystal magnified 500 times. (Photo by Michael Tuchband, Boulder, Colorado):

Early development of mosquito larvae, magnified 10 times. (Photo by Charles Krebs, Issaquah, Washington):

The eyes spider. 6-fold increase. (Photo by Emre Can Alagöz, Istanbul, Turkey):