The winners of the 2012 Nikon International Small World photography contest were announced Oct. 23. The competition, launched in 1974, honors those spectacular pictures taken through a microscope, called photomicrographs. Each year a panel of judges picks the top 20, plus honorable mentions.
To capture the development of bat embryos of the species Molossus rufus, the black mastiff bat, Dorit Hockman placed the embryos of different ages side-by-side. This image received 20th place.
To capture the development of bat embryos of the species Molossus rufus, the black mastiff bat, Dorit Hockman placed the embryos of different ages side-by-side. This image received 20th place.