Stunning photos taken under a microscope won the Nikon Small World 2015

The following are 20 winning photos in the Nikon Small World 2015. This is an annual contest to look for photographs of the world of microbes, viruses and microscopic objects under the magnification of microscope - a mysterious world with deadly beauty but also full of art and charm.

Last year, the competition received 1,200 photos from 79 countries around the world, 20 awards were selected based on quality, originality and difficulty when shooting. In the 41st year award, the number of entries has reached 2000 with the participation of 83 countries.

After the final judging process, 20 winning photos were mastered with a lot of different content, from tentacles of carnivorous plants, tadpole's brain, butterfly wings, moss spores, Bluray discs and even It's just a mobile phone component, . Finally, please see 20 winning photos. There are also many other beautiful pictures, you can go here to see more.

The eye of a bee covered with dandelion's chalk on it (magnification 120 times)

Mouse colon (right) is the settlement of human intestinal bacteria (left) (63 times magnification)

The open mouth of humped bladderwort is a freshwater aquatic plant that eats the creature (magnification 100 times)

Human mammary glands are cultured in the laboratory (100 times magnification)

Blood vessels of a living mouse (red) with glioblastoma (yellow and green)

Moss spores

A newborn starfish (10 times magnification)

Nerves and blood vessels on the skin of mouse ears (10 times magnification)

Bud buds of Arabidopsis plants (40 times magnification)

A prawn (Cyzicus californicus) (25 times magnification)

Spore drive of ferns through many different stages of maturity

Egg and spawn of flat-head mullet (Mugil cephalus) (40 times magnification)

The tentacles of a carnivorous tree (20 times magnification)

Australian grass (5 times magnification)

Arabidopsis is blooming (a flowering plant of the cruciferous family, 20 times magnification)

Rotifers (rotifer, a freshwater animal, 50 times magnification)

Leaves of black hazelnut (Trichocladus crinitus) are producing crystals to counteract animals to eat (magnification 100 times)

A furry tail (below) next to the algae (right) (400 times magnification)

Larva of a Phoronida (450 times magnification)

Suction cues on a beetle are underwater (magnification 50 times)