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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

; S8 z% O. |- h! H5 w. ~. P$ z5 CHere 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.
2 V1 H# C& [( m" a, bAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel0 E' D6 g; D! E0 I
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
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9 C! p1 k U$ d© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
1 d8 _2 \2 z+ K3 LAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
9 y4 \, w$ j1 PStereomicroscopy
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
0 E8 o0 T+ j+ H6 F/ ]5 ?2 H, pRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
1 \( N& ~. [7 F9 R6 V F/ o% V: BDifferential interference contrast
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
8 C$ J6 G7 @4 K& d" j* C% @3 J/ NSnowflake (40X)& x3 p. o/ j7 b* G2 j; k
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany, q9 q3 [( k/ P& ~& a8 [
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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5 m2 K6 { _* Q; f3 s© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
. r8 m. T8 E1 M1 j9 ^3 {- E- E; {Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)' R& G4 P- y9 e3 P$ C! x8 g
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2 X$ _) j9 ~ R n' N u: p© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- W; p7 s7 b( g" tHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
; D/ X! G" |4 u* p9 l5 n1 t; aGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
8 n# _$ S% a9 K1 G) b! \; _Incident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy' T, J" M4 T: T; U
Snail eggs (200x)* p" R9 x$ h- a2 {* D8 S
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* J- W2 d- i/ n# t© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
9 H4 K9 p! o" q2 w( E5 b, sZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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