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The world’s smallest art prize

Microscope photography reveals beauty inaccessible to the naked eye. See the winners of this year's Nikon Small World competition
Small world - close up on a young starfish
Small world – close up on a young starfish
(Image: Bruno Vellutini)

Crossing a microscope with a camera gives you a micrograph, a tiny photograph that allows artists and scientists to show the beauty inaccessible to the naked eye. Every year the run by optics giant Nikon celebrates this hidden world. This year the winners range from an anglerfish ovary to the sex organs of plants via a rusted old coin.

See a gallery of the winning microscope images here.

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