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Wiki Science Competition 2023 had 647 files submitted by 170 uploaders in the microscopy category.

Here are the finalists.

  • Copepods of the genus Limnocalanus mating. Dark field microscopy. Image taken during COVID19 pandemia. Photo by Antonio Segura
    Copepods of the genus Limnocalanus mating. Dark field microscopy. Image taken during COVID19 pandemia. Photo by Antonio Segura
  • Mosquito larva seen with dark field and focus tracking. Image obtained during the COVID19 pandemia in Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Photo by Antonio Segura
    Mosquito larva seen with dark field and focus tracking. Image obtained during the COVID19 pandemia in Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Photo by Antonio Segura
  • Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) crystals seen under polarized light. Photo by Antonio Segura
    Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) crystals seen under polarized light. Photo by Antonio Segura
  • Daphnia with parthenogenetic eggs seen with dark field and focus tracking. 400x. Photo by Antonio Segura
    Daphnia with parthenogenetic eggs seen with dark field and focus tracking. 400x. Photo by Antonio Segura
  • Mythimna loreyimima moth observed under a scanning electron microscope, digitally colored. A proliferation of Penicillium fungi is visible in the compound eye. Photo by Antonio Segura
    Mythimna loreyimima moth observed under a scanning electron microscope, digitally colored. A proliferation of Penicillium fungi is visible in the compound eye. Photo by Antonio Segura
  • Ceriodaphnia dubia seen with dark field, ventral view, focus tracking, 400x magnification. Photo by Antonio Segura
    Ceriodaphnia dubia seen with dark field, ventral view, focus tracking, 400x magnification. Photo by Antonio Segura
  • Entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana emerging from Tribolium castaneum. . Photo by Lautaro Preisegger, Daysi Espín Sánchez, and Carla Huarte-Bonnet
    Entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana emerging from Tribolium castaneum. . Photo by Lautaro Preisegger, Daysi Espín Sánchez, and Carla Huarte-Bonnet
  • Pupae of the Paracodrus apterogynus in the shell remains of a click beetle (Elateridae) larva. The parasitized wireworm was collected in Estonia on August 27, 2021. Photo by Enno Merivee
    Pupae of the Paracodrus apterogynus in the shell remains of a click beetle (Elateridae) larva. The parasitized wireworm was collected in Estonia on August 27, 2021. Photo by Enno Merivee
  • Recently, it was discovered that various insects with seemingly transparent wings, display vivid structural coloration against dark backgrounds. Wing interference patterns in the banded mosquito Culiseta annulata. Photo by Enno Merivee
    Recently, it was discovered that various insects with seemingly transparent wings, display vivid structural coloration against dark backgrounds. Wing interference patterns in the banded mosquito Culiseta annulata. Photo by Enno Merivee
  • Microscope image of colloid particles. Artificial opal made by drying a monodisperse sub-micrometer polystyrene sphere solution under a optical darkfield microscope. Photo by Siim Pikker
    Microscope image of colloid particles. Artificial opal made by drying a monodisperse sub-micrometer polystyrene sphere solution under a optical darkfield microscope. Photo by Siim Pikker
  • Silver micromirrors imaged with backscattered electrons in an electron microscope. Field of view 105 μm and imaging voltage 30 kV. These crystalline micromirrors are important model systems for micro and nanooptics research. Image by Siim Pikker
    Silver micromirrors imaged with backscattered electrons in an electron microscope. Field of view 105 μm and imaging voltage 30 kV. These crystalline micromirrors are important model systems for micro and nanooptics research. Image by Siim Pikker
  • Chaoboridae larvae. Photo by Janek Lass
    Chaoboridae larvae. Photo by Janek Lass
  • Oxidized surface of copper seen under a microscope. Sheet of copper was corroded, the bluish compound is copper(II) carbonate hydroxide. Photo by Tavo Romann
    Oxidized surface of copper seen under a microscope. Sheet of copper was corroded, the bluish compound is copper(II) carbonate hydroxide. Photo by Tavo Romann
  • A vanadium crystal partially covered with purple (probably vanadium(IV) oxide) and green (some trivalent vanadium salts) corrosion products. Photo by Tavo Romann
    A vanadium crystal partially covered with purple (probably vanadium(IV) oxide) and green (some trivalent vanadium salts) corrosion products. Photo by Tavo Romann
  • SEM image of zircon grains. These mineral grains were separated for radiometric dating, and they are about 100 µm thick. Image by Kallerna
    SEM image of zircon grains. These mineral grains were separated for radiometric dating, and they are about 100 µm thick. Image by Kallerna
  • A blastula-stage sea urchin embryo. In turquoise we see the membranes of dividing cells, in red the microtubules of the mitotic spindle that act as "ropes" to pull the chromosomes, and in green the DNA in the form of chromosomes. Photo by AudeNommick
    A blastula-stage sea urchin embryo. In turquoise we see the membranes of dividing cells, in red the microtubules of the mitotic spindle that act as "ropes" to pull the chromosomes, and in green the DNA in the form of chromosomes. Photo by AudeNommick
  • SEM image of ZnO nanorod structures showcasing the beauty of nanoworld taken from UKM research laboratory. Image by WMjay
    SEM image of ZnO nanorod structures showcasing the beauty of nanoworld taken from UKM research laboratory. Image by WMjay
  • Eyes of Jumping spider (Salticus scenicus). Photo by Mikron86
    Eyes of Jumping spider (Salticus scenicus). Photo by Mikron86
  • The structure of a butterfly's wing (Callophrys rubi), which consists of the so-called scales. Photo by Mikron86
    The structure of a butterfly's wing (Callophrys rubi), which consists of the so-called scales. Photo by Mikron86
  • A snowflake on a scale of 4:1. Photo by Mikron86
    A snowflake on a scale of 4:1. Photo by Mikron86
  • Confocal image of a fruit fly retina expressing a toxic form of the RdgB protein, leading to degeneration. Photo by Guillaume Thuery
    Confocal image of a fruit fly retina expressing a toxic form of the RdgB protein, leading to degeneration. Photo by Guillaume Thuery
  • A nucleation point in a thin crystalline film of an iron-based compound photographed through compensated polarisation microscopy. KarlGaff
    A nucleation point in a thin crystalline film of an iron-based compound photographed through compensated polarisation microscopy. KarlGaff
  • Cells packed with chloroplasts and birefringence exhibted by the cell walls in a moss leaf. KarlGaff
    Cells packed with chloroplasts and birefringence exhibted by the cell walls in a moss leaf. KarlGaff
  • This micrograph shows a vein of anhydrite (large triangular shapes) cutting a host rock of siltstone, filled with quartz and clay minerals. Photo by Aileen555
    This micrograph shows a vein of anhydrite (large triangular shapes) cutting a host rock of siltstone, filled with quartz and clay minerals. Photo by Aileen555
  • Onion cells under the microscope. Photo by Thepixiefrom02
    Onion cells under the microscope. Photo by Thepixiefrom02
  • Mullet leaf - Verbascum sp. observed under a microscope. Photo by Thepixiefrom02
    Mullet leaf - Verbascum sp. observed under a microscope. Photo by Thepixiefrom02
  • Parasites in freshwater mussel Unio sp. under the binocular. Photo by Dijana Blazekovic
    Parasites in freshwater mussel Unio sp. under the binocular. Photo by Dijana Blazekovic
  • Bothriocephalus opsariichthydis. SEM image by Dijana Blazekovic
    Bothriocephalus opsariichthydis. SEM image by Dijana Blazekovic
  • Argulus foliaceus. SEM image by Dijana Blazekovic
    Argulus foliaceus. SEM image by Dijana Blazekovic
  • Dorsal part of Argulus foliaceus. SEM image by Dijana Blazekovic
    Dorsal part of Argulus foliaceus. SEM image by Dijana Blazekovic
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