--- title: 40 Stunning Images Captured Through A Microscope description: In stunning detail not visible to the human eye, the winning entrants in Nikon's Small World photography competition will give you a fresh view of the world canonical: https://time.com/3574666/microscope-images-nikon-small-world/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-10T21:55:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:07.550Z article:section: Science og:title: These 40 Stunning Microscope Images Will Blow Your Mind og:description: In stunning detail not visible to the human eye, the winning entrants in Nikon's Small World photography competition will give you a fresh view of the world og:url: https://time.com/3574666/microscope-images-nikon-small-world/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd51bfe167bdf004e/698767d4cd68481e0f097e5f/nikon-microscopic-photos-014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: nikon-microscopic-photos-014 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These 40 Stunning Microscope Images Will Blow Your Mind twitter:description: In stunning detail not visible to the human eye, the winning entrants in Nikon's Small World photography competition will give you a fresh view of the world twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd51bfe167bdf004e/698767d4cd68481e0f097e5f/nikon-microscopic-photos-014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See 40 Mind-Blowing Images Captured Through a Microscope > Sponsored content. 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