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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

7 N1 t5 S5 M( w- W1 XHere 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. O% Q0 x1 s5 A6 E- | {
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel5 |9 ]" M) W/ W5 Y# l0 S+ ~
Embryo of guppy fish (40X) Y8 R6 S6 ~6 b2 A
Reflected light by fiber-optics
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6 z9 [* y5 |0 A6 X9 u+ k* S© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
1 i4 @) R2 l2 _, K; z1 N4 aAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
; H$ G7 X" E4 OStereomicroscopy
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
5 _/ `; W) c& D; ]1 X& [: mRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
8 S) u- ~+ j" z% t+ W' |$ oDifferential interference contrast
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China6 H9 C' D2 i2 s2 u
Snowflake (40X)4 T. [; s. ]& R! X! A4 h3 q
Reflected and Transmitted Light
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
; a. d9 b! ^ F3 _/ I9 O/ y. vSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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8 w0 Z1 ^! F1 o© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
( B) ?8 T0 S3 S( [4 c! MDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
( D' X& Q% ~9 V3 b5 qReflected light from fiber optic% B. m5 t4 u$ i# G7 @
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
5 v7 T, N1 e+ w% u% W8 }Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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! J) J: I% v& w3 e+ Y© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain/ Y1 w. |4 \) N; H4 `
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)( Q. Y. X3 _ J$ [+ c8 [0 ^
Incident light and transillumination
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9 O9 [( S7 D- v) `7 w9 W- R) C© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
" u4 \$ R# ~: j" S8 x2 ^; U! QSnail eggs (200x)6 x. a6 M# u1 b1 j4 P" R3 q
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States3 _- o1 o: I4 Y, H+ t
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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