Small World Competition: microscopique et incroyable
Vous connaissez mon amour des belles images, que ce soit photos ou vidéos. Du coup, imaginez mon enthousiasme lorsque je suis tombée sur ce concours de ouf : la Small World Competition.
Organisé par Nikon tous les ans depuis 1975, ce concours récompense les meilleures images prises au microscope (pour la plupart, par des chercheurs). Et cela donne un étrange mélange de science, de beauté et de féérie. On se croirait presque sur une autre planète tant les couleurs sont folles et les design élégants.
Voici une petite sélection des photos présentées cette année. Que du bonheur !
15th Prize – Mr. Charles Krebs Charles Krebs Photography, Issaquah, Washington, United States Specimen: Chrysochroa buqueti (jewel beetle) carapace, near eye (45x)
2nd Prize – Mr. Alessandro Da Mommio Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy Specimen: Rhombohedral cleavage in calcite crystal (10x)
8th Prize – Dr Igor Siwanowicz Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Ashburn, Virginia, United States Specimen: Appendages of a common brine shrimp (100x)
18th Prize – Mr. Jens H. Petersen Ebeltoft, Denmark Specimen: Anagallis arvensis (scarlet pimpernel) (80x)
3rd Prize – Mr. Noah Fram-Schwartz Greenwich, Conneticut, USA Specimen: Jumping spider eyes (20x)
5th Prize – Dr Muthugapatti Kandasamy University of Georgia, Georgia, United States Specimen: Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells stained for actin (pink), mitochondria (green) and DNA (yellow)
6th Prize – Dr Douglas Brumley Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Specimen: Active fluid flow around a coral polyp (P. damicornis) (4x)
Honorable Mention – Mr. Noah Fram-Schwartz Greenwich, Conneticut, United States Specimen: Ant eye (20x)
12th Prize – Mr. Douglas Moore University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Uniter States Specimen: Montana Dryhead agate, unpolished (50x)
13th Prize – Mr. Charles Krebs Charles Krebs Photography, Issaquah, Washington, United States Specimen: Conochilus unicornis (rotifer), actively feeding (417x)
1st Prize – Mr. Rogelio Moreno Panama, Panama Specimen: Rotifer showing the mouth interior and heart shaped corona (40x)
Honorable Mention – Mr. Fabrice Parais DREAL de Basse-Normandie, Bougy, France Specimen: Air pearl in the middle of larva Stratiomyidae respiratory fringe (Diptera aquatic larva) (30x)
4th Prize – Miss Karin Panser The Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna, Austria Specimen: Caterpillar proleg with circle of gripping hooks in red (20x)
7th Prize – Mr. Dennis Hinks PPG Industries, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Specimen: Circuitry in DVD reader (100x)
9th Prize – Miss Meritxell Vendrell Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Specimen: Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) ovary fixed and stained to show lectins (red) and nuclei (blue) (63x)
Pour visualiser toutes les autres, c’est par là.
