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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.
; C# u% E. L8 \8 }4 H, `Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
7 }1 o* H! w+ t; D. p, uEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
4 z3 q' y9 k, FReflected light by fiber-optics" E; [' U8 D4 m
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
( l, w2 n/ T3 qAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
2 S+ S* F( C3 s, WStereomicroscopy
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A& Z5 |8 @' ]6 W. c3 m L© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States: T5 C+ G9 i% r; @ j5 y5 N+ S- h
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
7 G# A% V8 h( b7 w& B7 u8 XDifferential interference contrast( k' M! k2 P( S. b
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China v" L. a+ X" q% M
Snowflake (40X)- z' Q# R/ m# W* b0 v5 g+ u6 h' u- Q
Reflected and Transmitted Light
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! Y' O3 Z! [1 ?2 i© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany4 c8 G* @( c$ z' ]
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)9 R' V/ }) z) K u
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) H9 N3 n2 n1 L$ Z G0 E© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States! o4 V' T$ c \- k, W
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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7 A T# K0 E& o© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
* I5 d! ^- R, Q' M/ t! U7 F% x9 i* pHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
7 I. K5 W6 b1 uDarkfield
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. h y2 {" D4 A/ K% \( U© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain4 N, E/ \6 Z, o7 P3 R
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)$ j O3 A( \' q, U% o( H3 t2 t' P4 }
Incident light and transillumination
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$ K" U$ _/ R, ]* |8 b6 D© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
4 \. n0 Z9 M- O. p) KSnail eggs (200x)$ F; f) \- K2 u: a% z
Differential Interference Contrast
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9 g, V7 c& E: k" Q) m© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
+ Y9 W, D: e* w, RZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)3 c& v/ j8 ^; T7 ~9 {/ }0 ~
Confocal
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