11 Stunning Microscopic Photos

Nikon's annual Small World Photomicrography Competition attracts thousands of entries from photographers using light microscopes to produce images of the natural world. These are some of this year's top submissions.

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You can see the rest of this year's top 20 entries at Wired Science, and more entries and details at Nikon's contest site.

H/t to Betsy Mason, the editor of Wired Science.

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