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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.
3 m5 E* k% c; r1 h8 a( L$ jAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel. q- l: \" o( Q7 P8 ]
Embryo of guppy fish (40X). z( {: Q- o4 n" R
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
+ k2 g# D: a7 jAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
2 m# u# S9 b$ [+ X4 wStereomicroscopy0 j, c/ f1 _( p" ~0 F$ N; u

8 `- p3 v6 G& s, T% G. v3 d% Y/ f# l© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States5 E6 D" \" u9 I3 w
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)5 f$ J+ G' s8 @6 o7 H9 h. {" c
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$ }4 D# R$ R: Y# c% c© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
c5 o2 f$ t+ a7 ]Snowflake (40X)
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0 [+ h5 ~0 I a5 I3 LSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)6 K4 n+ ^" F- e5 N | z
Darkfield
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/ T- o+ m( O3 q, h& [+ ~© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States" u- w% m/ A* G( t
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
/ @% p. A$ ?; h8 t2 wReflected light from fiber optic5 q4 O# L# p+ L, {0 d6 R6 c0 r/ k

5 R h& a5 R- f© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic% T- W4 W6 ~: }9 j/ E" M
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
, s# A) p7 y: f4 @Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
( n y& ]$ d- }, }* T4 o# {8 ]Incident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy+ a5 b- V9 R( v, p
Snail eggs (200x)
/ {8 j0 {6 m7 u+ kDifferential Interference Contrast
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; i9 w, K" N( a2 T8 g* i© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States5 l0 q5 T% e8 t1 x
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)& S* N) ?$ l; n" N
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