Delaware Museum of Natural History goes microscopic with new photo exhibit

We love the intersection of art and technology, especially when the line between the two is pretty much non-existent.

The Delaware Museum of Natural History is hosting an art exhibit — or is it a science exhibit? — beginning Sept. 13, that features the winners of the 2016 Nikon Small World Photomicrography competition as part of a national tour.
The microscopic images capture seemingly impossible details of everything from animal cells to insects to my personal favorite, magnified espresso crystals that look like gold (above). These are not the magnified salt crystal photos you grew up seeing in Ranger Rick — it’s colorful, fantastical, surreal art made with technology.
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The first-place winner of the 2016 competition was Dr. Oscar Ruiz, who took this photo of a four-day-old zebrafish embryo.

The deadline for the current Small World Competition is April 10, 2018. If you’re into that sort of thing, go ahead and enter here.