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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition
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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.
. U c! F0 r* tAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel' z! K8 n0 x6 Y1 L$ I
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)" ?) w, P6 D3 o
Reflected light by fiber-optics
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
6 k. w" z" M" J" i }4 ^Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)) L% u5 O7 B6 M% M
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4 B. i0 ]' s# p' d© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
& F! A5 F2 n# i8 y7 `Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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6 [* d1 r1 R) e' C" w© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China" E( r6 Y1 K3 z, ?, e1 B$ u
Snowflake (40X)+ P* ?0 J* l- X, ?* v6 v: k; |
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5 k8 S# o* i5 S4 v: S3 ~, z! @1 ?© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
' z* n" {# O/ m' o5 O8 m- o# f2 H. _Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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8 P ^& d$ }3 q7 L9 v% \© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Reflected light from fiber optic+ `, f9 L* a& Y7 l7 Y8 ^
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
/ D1 n4 i' E6 Z8 V$ PHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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* v5 @! r# N5 ~/ q* f" g, J8 v8 oGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)$ R4 M$ t' A. d! l) g$ d( _, r, ]4 D
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
9 c5 F8 i2 v( f1 ?0 v* V2 Z: vSnail eggs (200x)4 I. j$ I$ Q( W' z8 f. B
Differential Interference Contrast. R9 s* a. ^& g# e) H% J

4 i) Y" @9 e4 z: _# p© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
2 Y1 S; e& c! E' RZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)) ^% L4 Z# y4 W. X: W" O0 D
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Tags: Photomicrography
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