Everyday creatures look unbelievably spooky when you zoom in
The world looks different at the microscopic level.
It's spooky season, but these images you're seeing aren't from a horror movie.
In fact, at least one of the creatures you are about to see could be a few metres away from you at this very moment.
What you're looking at are some of the photo submissions from Nikon's annual Small World Photomicrography Competition. First place went to Grigorii Timin and Dr. Michel Milinkovitch of the University of Geneva for this striking image of the hand of an embryonic day gecko.
(Grigorii Timin and Dr. Michel Milinkovitch/Nikon Small World)
But the photo that's making the rounds on social media is this extreme close-up of an ant's face, captured by Eugenijus Kavaliauskas.
(Eugenijus Kavaliauskas/Nikon Small World)
Kavaliauskas' photo has been shared thousands of times on social media. The image didn't make the contest's Top 20, but it did land on the 'Images of Distinction' list.
And what about this anemone larvae snapped by Wim Van Edmund? It looks like a ghost.
(Wim Van Edmund/Nikon Small World)
Here are some more spooky shots from the competition.
A daddy long legs spider. (Dr. Andrew Posselt/Nikon Small World)
Close up of an axolotl (Dr. Marko Pende/Nikon Small World)
A zebrafish. (Layra G. Cintr-Rivera/Nikon Small World)
A fly under the chin of a tiger beetle. (Murat Öztürk/Nikon Small World)
A red speckled jewel beetle. (Yousef Al Habshi/Nikon Small World)
Visit Nikon Small World to see the full gallery.
