Photos: The 2012 FEI Electron Microscope Photo Contest

Embryonic zebrafish, photo by David McCarthy

Electron microscope manufacturer FEI recently partnered with National Geographic to host a photo contest for images captured with electron microscopes. The contest ran from June to October and you can browse more than 230 amazing images in the contest photo gallery. Monthly winners can be viewed here—the grand prize winner will be announced soon.

Nano swimmers, photo by David McCarthy

Nano pyramid, photo by Dongchan Jang

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Curved silica crystals, photo by Oliver Meckes

Graphite, photo by Carbajo Maria

Platinum oxide, photo by Diana Garcia-Alonso

Contact Side of an Infra Red Detector Array, photo by Sedat Canli

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Tardigrade, photo by Oliver Meckes

Isolation of a sub-micron pre-solar grain, photo by Zia Rahman

Sponge spicules, photo by Miranda Waldron

via stoyanimark & Radiolab