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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

- h. s7 ~, x$ @0 C' D" EHere 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.
9 o% m0 w: K/ _' ?4 cAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
" Q, j- o/ g; X0 zEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
/ w6 H8 Z6 x' WReflected light by fiber-optics
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, u0 j7 ]# c! X, y H. J© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France" T. h) r7 G/ }9 o) ^+ A3 ~, I
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
1 c T* Z0 A8 Y; V8 pRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
4 W8 \: r9 F: ]! E! m7 wDifferential interference contrast/ t/ r4 t7 P/ a8 e7 d" a

. p! k7 i3 B! v9 x) I© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China r' D( y* G1 x& V H8 V* R" y0 h b
Snowflake (40X)
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany9 p. L- t# x8 A, y& I' X
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)4 U4 c3 B, q3 M
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
7 |8 k6 ?4 s8 i8 x9 Z0 h% {: XDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)+ c# \- d% s V$ i2 K+ i
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
% g3 k1 _. x. K# t4 x/ A+ p% }% g! }Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)6 Z2 K$ w+ P' @1 l5 Q3 T
Darkfield
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
/ [2 A0 e) h+ i" o) UGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
1 e- M' ^/ N! R' }# V0 k( hIncident light and transillumination8 v& l& t! i L A3 B9 E' ^

7 q9 h$ q9 }4 N+ N3 f8 @4 w5 y- R© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy& Q" L% |$ [ q; C0 Z) M6 w: W
Snail eggs (200x)' p# R( T; z, n0 M/ k
Differential Interference Contrast
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Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)" ~: I. x, B5 U* g n
Confocal
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