Photographers and scientists captured the beauty of the microscopic realm with pictures of spider fangs and a micrometeorite, among others.
Rodent optic nerve head showing astrocytes , contractile proteins and retinal vasculature .Small World Photomicrography Competition
has celebrated the beauty captured by extreme magnification. This year, the photomicrography contest was stacked: a panel of journalists and scientists selected winners from 1,900 entries submitted by researchers and photographers in 72 countries. Subjects as diverse as mutant fish, chemical reactions, and a speck of space rock became works of art when seen really, really up close.
Above, in first place, is a rodent’s optic nerve head. Blood vessels, each only 110 microns in diameter, radiate outward like the fizzing arms of a firework. The yellow star-like shapes surrounding the vessels are astrocytes, cellular helpers that maintain neuronal systems.
“The visual system is a complex and highly specialized organ, with even relatively minor perturbations to the retinal circulation able to cause devastating vision loss,” Qambari said in a news release. “I entered the competition as a way to showcase the complexity of retinal microcirculation.” Below are other top photos, and you can see even more atAdult transgenic zebrafish head showing blood vessels , lymphatic vessels , and the skin and scales . Imaged with a 4x objective lens.
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