A miniature crystal castle of golden rutile quartz. The dark phosphorescent armor of a blue-black weevil. Slime molds growing spores that look like rich caramel apples. An otherworldly pineapple, nested as the stamen and stigma of an Hibiscus flower bud. These eerily beautiful images — and over 80 more — were honored this year as part of the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.The Japanese camera-maker and imaging technology firm has held the competition, which spotlights the photographic achievements of those taking images through a microscope, for nearly half a century since 1974.
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