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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

1 n" j& s8 q# Q: zHere 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.
( d4 \0 l9 m! X R" M) L( UAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel: I0 s- l6 V* J8 V0 B! x+ M5 t
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
, U# p! S L/ E/ fReflected light by fiber-optics
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6 R% F3 L Z' a. B/ C0 s) G3 N& R% f© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France5 \) Z7 n5 p2 u3 U% W
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
3 n% l# I6 {& `5 l1 B. n9 _# _) D; CStereomicroscopy
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6 q2 B0 ]8 z+ G© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
6 i8 u# Z0 R8 W' QRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)( N' I, P4 k$ H+ v7 v1 {, z3 E* n
Differential interference contrast
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
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0 F) |4 n' o6 W; @) j© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany" H6 ~: `/ e$ A9 Y8 l: q# ^# C
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X). |# c, O" J% \) c; `
Darkfield
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States0 @$ d: l7 L, R7 }( r! l% T
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X), s ]1 W! E; h4 y: J1 B+ d# c a
Reflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
u* c- Q. m' vHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
3 a- e8 ^& a" K, n. qDarkfield
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: c2 A e( {6 O" t6 `4 l© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain9 T3 [$ [* }2 I. m4 C
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)( Y8 d9 f- X" H& f+ A' ~3 k7 ]/ j
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0 \: Z' I# z* b5 {0 _6 T2 Y' q, Y© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy+ x7 a# l& @3 X& g9 g
Snail eggs (200x). ^# j% t# J# Y! l! D" I
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
% F6 {. i; E* U; sZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)6 F+ F$ E8 q/ W5 u
Confocal
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