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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

7 h3 p- m$ b! PHere 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.
' w) A6 {5 u2 { `( |Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel1 H2 G, B5 I/ n- a, x) D# ]# k! r
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)# w: f% a' n# W1 a$ d# ]* y
Reflected light by fiber-optics4 z. y# F D O
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; ?: ^4 q3 N3 y# c6 B3 W+ f% ~© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France! M) v* b$ W: q F8 D+ z) Z, K
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
6 M: @: k' e" _+ rStereomicroscopy
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States: c: y8 @1 B( h) [& {5 Y9 g0 G N
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)- B# ?2 x! S. y! x' L
Differential interference contrast
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: i% }) U6 N$ A/ M5 O E. U. h2 n© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China+ z2 l% o- u: h3 L5 U; B
Snowflake (40X)# {7 _9 H0 J0 ]+ r; n
Reflected and Transmitted Light' \1 W7 _4 y D1 N+ B

1 q! g3 r7 m' p. O7 C( |4 b© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
|5 O: H6 [# [0 ESonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)' Q* j; x, o8 P4 X4 A; P1 B1 q7 l
Darkfield
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States+ r/ H- X8 N4 E
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
- b+ u) p0 x4 @0 v& CReflected light from fiber optic5 P6 i1 \3 ~, D6 o$ _5 o

1 f) K: R$ {; H+ j! J. b; F© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
, j r) i4 r0 i' uHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)( V9 r( ]# ^- y, P
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: O5 E$ |4 U& F' d; c t© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain7 Z& H% F( M2 ~* }8 m
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X). N0 N y S( s: n. i
Incident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy* V# I p$ R8 {7 X6 ]: u8 p
Snail eggs (200x)
1 @2 N& P7 U6 n" ?Differential Interference Contrast9 A0 Q1 [6 E5 [% i6 D

, ?6 [% C1 w f© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States! g, O2 M+ m2 E9 ~
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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