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1 of 20Honorable Mention: Proboscis of a blowfly.Michael Gibson—Olympus Bioscapes -
2 of 20Honorable Mention: Adult mouse cerebral cortex.Dr. Claudia Barros—Olympus Bioscapes -
3 of 20Honorable Mention: Black beetle.Pekka Honkakoski—Olympus Bioscapes -
4 of 20Honorable mention: Tracheae of a silkworm.Michael Gibson—Olympus Bioscapes -
5 of 20Honorable mention (Video Still): Axons in a mouse brainstem.Dr. Ali Ertürk—Olympus Bioscapes -
6 of 20Honorable Mention: Anemone flower.Masoumeh "Sahar" Khodaverdi—Olympus Bioscapes -
7 of 20Honorable Mention: Chick embryonic kidney.Dr. Poulomi Ray—Olympus Bioscapes -
8 of 20Honorable Mention: Tip of the proboscis of a Viceroy butterfly.Dr. Matthew S. Lehnert and Catherine P. Mulvane—Olympus Bioscapes -
9 of 20Honorable mention (Video Still): Cell division, movements and cytoplasmic streaming of the desmid Euastrum oblongum.Dr. Jens Hallfeldt—Olympus Bioscapes -
10 of 20Honorable Mention: Placental vasculature of a transgenic mouse embryo.Amanda Phillips-Yzaguirre—Olympus Bioscapes -
11 of 2010th Place (Video Still): Paramecium, showing contactile vacuole and ciliary motion.Ralph Grimm—Olympus Bioscapes -
12 of 209th Place: Head and legs of a caddisfly larva.Fabrice Parais—Olympus Bioscapes -
13 of 208th Place: Mouse tail stained for the K15 (green) hair follicle stem cell marker as well as Ki67 (red), which marks proliferating cells.Dr. Yaron Fuchs—Olympus Bioscapes -
14 of 207th Place: Phantom midge larva (Chaoborus).Charles Krebs—Olympus Bioscapes -
15 of 206th Place: Gonocerus acuteangulatus, two hours old.Kurt Wirz—Olympus Bioscapes -
16 of 205th Place: Mouse embryonic fibroblasts showing the actin filaments (red) and DNA (blue).Dr. Dylan Burnette—Olympus Bioscapes -
17 of 204th Place: Stained transverse section of a lily flower bud.Spike Walker—Olympus Bioscapes -
18 of 203rd Place: A composite image showing a collection of single-cell fresh water algae, desmids.Dr. Igor Siwanowicz—Olympus Bioscapes -
19 of 202nd Place: A lateral view of a black mastiff bat embryo (Molossus rufus).Dorit Hockman—Olympus Bioscapes -
20 of 201st Place: Open trap of aquatic carnivorous plant, humped bladderwort (Utricularia gibba).Dr. Igor Siwanowicz—Olympus Bioscapes
The universe’s wonders are all around us — you just have to look close enough.
Every year, the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition asks microscope-wielding photographers the world over to send their most magnificent imagery of the magnified world. The result? Beautiful colors, unusual textures and unique patterns visible only under scientific instruments.
This year, more than 2,100 still images and movies were submitted from artists in 71 different countries—the largest field of competing countries in the contest’s 10-year history. The images collected in the above gallery represent the 10 winners, plus 10 more honorable mentions.
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