The Nikon Small World competition has been celebrating the beauty in the teeny-tiny for almost 50 years, and this year's winners have officially been announced.
The University of Geneva's Grigorii Timin took first place in the 2022 competition with an extreme close-up of the embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko, captured and curated through high-resolution microscopy and image-stitching.
There were more than 1,300 entries from over 70 countries around the world — including Australia, with three Aussie entries featuring in the 20 top-ranked images.
