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The 20 most incredible microscope photos of the year

Eye of a honey bee covered in dandelion pollen

The 20 most incredible microscope photos of the year

Mouse colon (right) colonized with human gut microbes (left)

Mouse colon (right) colonized with human gut microbes (left)

Mouth of a humped bladderwort, a freshwater carnivorous plant

Mouth of a humped bladderwort, a freshwater carnivorous plant

Lab-grown bud of a human mammary gland

Lab-grown bud of a human mammary gland

A live mouse brain's blood vessels (red) showing a glioblastoma tumor (yellow/green)

A live mouse brain

Spore capsule of a moss

Spore capsule of a moss

Juvenile starfish

Juvenile starfish

Nerves and blood vessels in a mouse's ear skin

Nerves and blood vessels in a mouse

Young buds of a Arabidopsis flowering plant

Young buds of a Arabidopsis flowering plant

Clam shrimp

Clam shrimp

Fern sorus at varying stages of maturity

Fern sorus at varying stages of maturity

Sea mullet fish eggs and embryos

Sea mullet fish eggs and embryos

Tentacles of a carnivorous plant

Tentacles of a carnivorous plant

Australian grass seed

Australian grass seed

A flowering Arabidopsis thaliana plant

A flowering Arabidopsis thaliana plant

Feeding rotifers (tiny freshwater animals)

Feeding rotifers (tiny freshwater animals)

A black witch-hazel leaf producing crystals to defend against hungry animals

A black witch-hazel leaf producing crystals to defend against hungry animals

Hairyback worm (bottom) next to algae (top right)

Hairyback worm (bottom) next to algae (top right)

Larva of a horseshoe worm

Larva of a horseshoe worm

Suction cups on a diving beetle foreleg

Suction cups on a diving beetle foreleg

The 20 most incredible microscope photos of the year

The 20 most incredible microscope photos of the year

If you enjoyed these microscope photos, browse all of the 2015 Nikon Small World finalists here.

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