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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

6 U1 g8 O' z7 O8 vHere 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.' J6 h' \- e6 L) |" T$ w1 M
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel3 p7 p1 p1 T6 E( C1 [; x2 C% q% @/ L
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)9 A0 ` z# y( _0 x
Reflected light by fiber-optics
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
2 U; B! v1 L1 W- o- u; ]Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
3 C* h3 o0 N" M: R6 Y% UStereomicroscopy
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, w& z/ A! s* _4 U; D5 W; o© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
8 a7 S; [. I4 i$ Y& K5 Q u( @Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
2 x! H% r p* v+ Y6 g" k& Y, J5 y* q% kDifferential interference contrast
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China5 q) T8 J! U4 l* _; _8 Y! P
Snowflake (40X)
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# v h+ K& m$ E1 g5 m© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
) I0 \* ?8 }+ [6 }5 iSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X) r; |: f, K- S, H2 V
Darkfield
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States: H; z6 m: `8 {
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
9 Q2 `6 \: E! UReflected light from fiber optic
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& [4 y ]0 D7 h" C! D% L- A2 \© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic* L8 I; n7 p" H' Q+ }
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
$ E. U t* r a7 ]& Y/ ]5 Y( ]' ]Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
+ h2 A) c m; d$ k0 iIncident light and transillumination. U" {! y6 g6 n9 u8 ^* x& Q
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
2 b% C3 l6 o. R; _; r, ]Snail eggs (200x)' }5 N+ u1 w |6 l6 k) R
Differential Interference Contrast
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- D- r3 Y; }1 l" }- y© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States( x- J2 c0 ?; N; c) _* L
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)& |: S+ O) f$ d$ x
Confocal
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