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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

1 ], t% b1 n- m1 U u# tHere 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.
! k |& A3 }) D: uAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel# B& |9 T. ]( M4 S
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)3 j( W6 n6 w+ ]+ t6 k
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
5 j3 F/ k! V$ p. k S" {Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
p7 _# V: i) `4 K; J: s3 R6 w" FStereomicroscopy0 |4 ~; T6 z, z8 G" T9 {* l1 V
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States: O- X. M/ f3 J5 U( R
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)4 M1 T4 }, X$ S6 L' J
Differential interference contrast8 p1 H! Y4 F7 a2 q' I8 H( b* Y0 h% e
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
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Reflected and Transmitted Light
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
! v0 i+ o. \/ d ]" b1 v1 W' q2 FSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X). i* k. Q' u5 x6 _+ ?' n
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% G1 G+ }- L4 `© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States% N6 ]9 P5 @3 V: [' B$ @6 _1 E2 n8 `
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
6 Q, S* a, z( |5 g* l IReflected light from fiber optic2 H! e! u; z2 B5 a5 s7 A
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic+ Y2 a; W, M+ M1 `+ j4 A
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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; [ {1 o! i; H/ c, g© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain# X7 F0 D2 l- I: J+ s7 z9 V' m
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy! G6 N- Z# B. p8 s" v& ~
Snail eggs (200x)9 e$ @3 ]- ^ b! X2 Q9 E6 a
Differential Interference Contrast/ N5 G$ s1 b) x( D7 }9 y
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
+ L T$ {( k* q# ^' C2 n0 `; {6 E5 N2 GZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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