Matt Nighswander joined NBCNews.com as a multimedia producer in July 2012. Nighswander is part of the team responsible for selecting photos for the site and creating original content based on photography. Among his individual responsibilities is the Month in Space slideshow. Nighswander reports to James Collins, director of photography.
Each year, rigorous science and dazzling artistry meet in Nikon's Small World photomicrography competition. Started in 1975, the contest celebrates the beauty of images taken through a light microscope. Scientists and hobbyists alike enter, and the winner receives a $3,000 prize. This year, the competition celebrates its 50th anniversary, and it received about 2,100 photo entries from 80 countries.
2nd place Second place was awarded to Marcel Clemens, an astronomer turned photographer based in Italy. His image shows an electrical arc between a pin and a wire. 3rd place This image of a cannabis plant leaf, captured by Chris Romaine of Port Townsend, Washington, showcases hairlike plant appendages called trichomes. The bubbles are cannabinoid vesicles — fluid-filled, blisterlike structures.
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