Winners of the Nikon Small World Competition, showcasing photography taken through a light microscope.
图片是使用光学显微镜拍摄的尼康“微观世界”摄影比赛的获奖作品。
Heiti Paves from Tallinn University won the competition with this 20X zoom picture of a Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) plant.
来自爱沙尼亚塔林大学的Heiti Paves凭借这张20X焦距的拟南芥（生物学研究中常用的实验材料）图片夺得头奖。
Second place: Gerd A. Guenther from Dusseldorf in Germany snapped the Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section with 150X zoom. It is a common roadside weed in the U.S.
第二名：来自德国杜塞尔多夫的Gerd A. Guenther150X焦距的图片: 一种美国路边常见的花叶菜的茎部截面写真。
Third place: Pedro Barrios-Perez, from Ottowa, Canada captured this wrinkled photoresist with 200X zoom. Photoresists are light-sensitive materials used to create patterned coating on surfaces in photoengraving.
第三名：来自加拿大渥太华的Pedro Barrios-Perez的200X写真：出现皱褶的光致抗蚀剂。这是一种用于相片涂层的光敏物质。
Fourth place: James E. Hayden, from Philadelphia took this picture of an Anglerfish ovary with 4X zoom. The deep sea fish lures prey with a light.
第四名：来自费城的James E. Hayden4X焦距的写真：一种以光线引诱猎物的深海鱼的卵巢。
Fifth place: Bruno Vellutini, from Sao Paulo university in Brazil looked at the oral surface of a young seastar with a 40X zoom.
第五名：来自巴西圣保罗大学的Bruno Vellutini的40X写真：一只年轻海星的口部表面。
Sixth place: Havi Sarfaty, from Israel took this close-up of Discus fish scales with 20X zoom. They are native to the Amazon basin.
第六名：来自以色列的Havi Sarfaty20X近距离写真：七彩鱼的鳞片。这种鱼生长在亚马逊盆地。
Seventh place: Shirley Owens from Michigan State University captured the hair-like trichomes on Thunbergia alata (Black-eyed Susan vine) with 450X zoom. The yellow-flowered plant is a perennial climbing plant.
第七名：来自密歇根州立大学的Shirley Owens的450X写真：黑眼花的发状香毛簇。这是一种开黄花的常青藤蔓植物。