It's time once again for the annual
Nikon photomicrography competition, which just means a bunch of weird images that don't really look like anything specific but are apparently supposed to be very specific things. At least in this gallery you know each image is guaranteed to be genuine and brand new. No regurgitated junk here. Just pure, fresh,
amazing photography from a bunch of nerds who like to tinker with cameras. If you happen to see your own micropenis on this list, apologies for the mixup. We're still working out some of the
kinks over here.
1
Embryonic development of a clownfish (Amphiprion percula) on days 1, 3 (morning and evening), 5, and 9.
3
Chameleon embryo (autofluorescence).
5
Daphnia magna (Phyllopoda).
6
Hebe plant anther with pollen.
7
Multi-nucleate spores and hyphae of a soil fungus (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus).
8
Connections between hippocampal neurons (brain cells).
10
Microtubules (orange) inside a cell. Nucleus is shown in cyan.
11
Dorsal view of bones and scales (blue) and lymphatic vessels (orange) in a juvenile zebrafish.
12
Tongue (radula) of a freshwater snail.
13
Silica cell wall of the marine diatom Arachnoidiscus sp.
14
Skeleton preparation of a short-tailed fruit bat embryo (Carollia perspicillata).
16
Chain of daughter individuals from the asexually reproducing annelid species Chaetogaster diaphanus.
17
Ventral view of an immature water boatman.
19
Leaf roller weevil (Byctiscus betulae) lateral view.
20
Crystals formed after heating an ethanol and water solution containing L-glutamine and beta-alanine.
