Microscopic images

Every year, the scientists and microscope devotees submit their images and movies of natural subjects, shot under a microscope to the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition.

If you thought it was impossible to take a stunning photo of cow dung, get prepared to be proven wrong. Cow dung, espresso coffee crystals, centipede

The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition has been held for forty-five years now, celebrating the mesmerizing microscopic world and allowing scientists and enthusiasts alike to share their scientific and stunning images. Over 2000 photographs were submitted for the competition with micro-photographers from nearly 100 countries. The judges picked their top 20 images and the photo of a turtle embryo took the first place. Scroll down below to see all 20 photographs that made it to the…

When you think about marine biology, most likely images of strange deep sea fish, jellies, cephalopods and so on enter… by alexbeyman

Beautiful images of minerals, rocks, sugar and synthetics captured under a polarizing microscope by Bernardo Cesare.

The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition celebrates the beautiful, weird, wonderful, and microscopic things in our world through photos captured

Ralph Claus Grimm - Aristolochia sp. two year old stem

Transverse section of an ostrich fern (250x) Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2015 - The Atlantic

Fernan Federici’s microscopic images of plants, bacteria, and crystals are a classic example of finding art in unexpected places.

Olympus BioScapes announces ten winners of their 2013 Digital Image Competition, which honors some of the best images taken through a microscope