The top 20 of the Nikon Micro Photography Contest 2019 takes you to see a different side of the world you are unfamiliar with

The sight of the microscopic world will make you frightened, but the microscopic world will make you linger. Because it is impossible to see, all for all of us, the microscopic world, is a mysterious world. There are unknown landscapes everywhere, and the scenery here is always unique and unimaginable. Like the deep sea and the universe, at the very and very small ends, those areas that we humans cannot fully explore will always bring people unlimited reverie.

Luckily, there's a photo contest here, specially prepared for the microscopic world. Photographers here capture captivating miniature images of the world and share them for scientific and hobby purposes. The Nikon Microworld Microfilm Photo Contest has a history of 45 years, this year, micro photographers from nearly 100 countries submitted more than 2,000 photos to participate in the competition, and from these wonderful works, the judges selected the following top 20, the first place, is the fluorescent turtle embryo!

Come and see, these beautiful and mysterious works will definitely make you feel creepy, but at the same time pleasing to the eye.

1. Small white haired spider

2. Large water fleas in captivity (small planktonic crustaceans)

3. Turtle embryos under fluorescence

4. Copper ore (mineral composed of copper oxide)

5. Cross-section of tulip buds

6. Complete snowflake ice crystals

7. Vitamin C

8, crocodile embryo, you can see the developing nerves and bones

9. Male mosquitoes

10. Female Dumonti twill cat spider, also known as bobcat spider

11. The surface of the compound eye of the housefly

12. Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells at the end of mitosis

13. Embryo of California double-spotted slug

14. Single-celled freshwater protozoa, staining projection

15. Calcite crystals suspended in quartz minerals

16. Stamens of Chinese red carnations

17. Frozen miniature water droplets

18. A pair of female adult Drosophila ovary, F-Actin staining (yellow) and nuclei staining (green); Follicle cells are labeled with green fluorescent protein (magenta).

19. Changes in cardiovascular diseases in mice after myocardial infarction (heart attack).

20. Mosquito larvae