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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

( w, S3 U# f% G9 C; F! }Here we present ten of the finalists from Nikon’s 35th Annual Small World Photomicrography Competition, which recognizes photographs shot through a microscope. Contest winners will be announced on October 8. Until October 2, the public can select their favorites in the “Popular Vote” section of the Nikon Small World web site.
# E8 m7 C$ F3 w$ l; n1 ]Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel: k7 i' V5 V) I5 G
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)( F& x7 K! k8 H, ?1 n9 H5 {
Reflected light by fiber-optics
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$ F: a9 }3 o- m© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
$ Z+ k* P# ^5 B' U' kAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)* t4 @6 H' P. _0 o8 }
Stereomicroscopy
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
4 m& o2 f* z1 s: i9 i& Z+ Z* }Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)" r' F2 |7 ]! c
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China: F3 a5 \1 W0 _" p+ b
Snowflake (40X)
( d4 ]2 t7 Y% d9 J4 P6 qReflected and Transmitted Light
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
+ P: R9 E( x! ^6 ZSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X), d3 s: w4 J- y _
Darkfield
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States6 E. ~2 n" ^1 Y' i
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)7 x. s( }( F, p- {/ P& w
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/ d% r, p7 I+ m3 v$ @& y© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
% E9 _ ]- o* R- HHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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- Y( A' k4 X, i( y7 @# J0 k yGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)6 l" y( ~/ @; f/ ?( E1 t
Incident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
- s( B% @+ v" ]& d9 mSnail eggs (200x)
+ n( z# t3 }7 @5 e) R* SDifferential Interference Contrast
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
2 U0 D9 K1 w$ j+ KZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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