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A Miraculous Microscopic World in Full Zoom!

Life is in the details, and these stunning microscopic images prove it! In the recent Nikon Small World Competition, more than 2,000 different images were submitted from 80 different countries, with all of the contenders hoping to win the glorious title of the world's best small photographer.

16 EERIE Close-Ups of Bugs Under a Microscope

You may not be aware of them, as they are so incredibly tiny, but these insects look like gigantic science-fiction monsters under a microscope . These incredible pictures reveal the unnerving microscopic world that’s often hidden from our eyes.

A New Look at Food - Fascinating!

An electron microscope is a type of microscope that uses an electron beam to illuminate a specimen and produce a magnified image. This type of microscope can get to magnifications of up to about x10,000,000 times!

When Under a Microscope, Even Ordinary Things Seem Alien

Have you ever given any thought to what every day things look like under a microscope? Some of these images are truly beautiful - but don't take my word for it, see for yourself in the images below. 1. A Banana Source 2. Velcro Source 3. Dental Floss Source 4. Split End of a Hair Source 5.

You’ll Never Forget These Unbelievable Microscopic Photos

The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition has been giving us glimpses of the microscopic world around us for the past 48 years. Every year, the prestigious photography contest reveals some incredible things that can only be seen under a microscope . This year was no different.

13 Bizarre & Beautiful Microscope Pics That Look Unreal

Microscopes have the power to bring this spectacular world to life and this is what we have collected for you today. In the pictures below, you will get to witness the hidden microscopic world of various common things and their reality will truly shock you.

These Award-Winning Microscopic Photos Mesmerized Me...

For almost half a century, Nikon has recognized that photographs of tiny and microscopic things can be just as impressive as photos of massive mountains and enormous whales.

These 14 Microscopical Images Reveal a Whole New World

The eye of a housefly Related: Impressive Microscopic Images 4. A close-up shot of barbed wire 5. A waffle 6. A whole world inside a bottle Related: A Chance to See the Beauty of Flowers Like Never Before 7. A lime [related_articles] 8.

The Microscopic World You Never Knew Existed in 15 Photos

This is because the California-based photographer’s work focuses on a little-known subject matter - the microscopic world of fungi, Myxomycetes, and mosses. The photographer takes long forest walks, detecting and capturing a variety of bigger fungi and tiny organisms with a microscopic lens.

20 Peculiar Microscope Photos That You Really Must See

A peculiar and unseen world exists at our fingertips, and only a microscope has the power to bring this hidden dimension to light.

20 Award Winning Photos of a Microscopic, Gorgeous World

It was intended to recognize the efforts of those involved with photography through the light microscope. During the time since, it has become one of the world's leading showcases for photomicrography, and features images from the widest array of scientific disciplines.

13 Astonishing Things You Never Thought You'd See

and make you ask different questions, such as, "If that's what salt looks like under the microscope, then what would pepper look like?" Take a peek at the parallel world shown in these photos, and head over here for a second serving of amazing natural phenomena. 1.

A Chance to See the Beauty of Flowers Like Never Before.

A powerful electron microscope reveals the unseen, wild and bizarre beauty of flowers like you have never seen it before. Some of the photos might look like alien worlds and creatures and after looking at them you will never think of flowers like you used to!

The Incredible Sights You Won't See Every Day...

A human tongue, zoomed in microscopically. 7. A Japanese soldier’s watch that stopped at 8:15, 6 August 1945, when Hiroshima was dropped. 8. Nordlingen, a millennia-old town in Bavaria, Germany that is built on a 14 million year old crater. 9. 

The Many Shapes of the Beautiful Opal Stone

It was only 50 years ago, during the 60's, that a team of Australian scientists, analyzing the various opal stones with an electron microscope discovered the cause of the beautiful stone's unique visuals.