We know that wildlife photos of large mammals and sexy indian couple sex tape videoswide open vistas can be breathtaking, but you know what doesn't get enough of a look in?
Close-up shots. As in microscopic, invisible-to-the-naked-eye kind of shots.
Enter the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, which celebrates images taken using microscopes and has today announced the winning photos for its 2020 contest. It comes weeks after announcing the winners of the video competition, which are equally stunning.
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From orange microtubules inside a cell to the colourful tongue of a freshwater snail, and in no particular order, here are the top 20...
Hebe plant anther with pollen. Credit: Dr. Robert Markus & Zsuzsa Markus 
Leaf roller weevil (Byctiscus betulae) lateral view. Credit: Özgür Kerem Bulur 
Microtubules (orange) inside a cell. Nucleus is shown in cyan. Credit: Jason Kirk 
Connections between hippocampal neurons (brain cells). Credit: Jason Kirk & Quynh Nguyen 
Crystals formed after heating an ethanol and water solution containing L-glutamine and beta-alanine. Credit: Justin Zoll 
Atlas moth wing. Credit: Chris Perani 
Daphnia magna (Phyllopoda). Credit: Ahmad Fauzan 
Bogong moth. Credit: Ahmad Fauzan 
Multi-nucleate spores and hyphae of a soil fungus (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus). Credit: Dr. Vasileios Kokkoris, Dr. Franck Stefani & Dr. Nicolas Corradi 
Tongue (radula) of a freshwater snail. Credit: Dr. Igor Siwanowicz 
Nylon stockings. Credit: Alexander Klepnev 
Human hair. Credit: Robert Vierthaler 
Chameleon embryo (autofluorescence). Credit: Dr. Allan Carrillo-Baltodano & David Salamanca 
Dorsal view of bones and scales (blue) and lymphatic vessels (orange) in a juvenile zebrafish. Credit: Daniel Castranova, Dr. Brant Weinstein & Bakary Samasa 
Red algae. Credit: Dr. Tagide deCarvalho 
Ventral view of an immature water boatman. Credit: Anne Algar 
Silica cell wall of the marine diatom Arachnoidiscus sp. Credit: Dr. Jan Michels 
Embryonic development of a clownfish (Amphiprion percula) on days 1, 3 (morning and evening), 5, and 9 Credit: Daniel Knop 
Chain of daughter individuals from the asexually reproducing annelid species Chaetogaster diaphanus. Credit: Dr. Eduardo Zattara & Dr. Alexa Bely 
Skeleton preparation of a short-tailed fruit bat embryo (Carollia perspicillata). Credit: Dr. Dorit Hockman & Dr. Vanessa Chong-Morrison