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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.
1 O' g' d5 }1 l+ E2 x' R% vAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel" L+ y1 G1 _* K: B
Embryo of guppy fish (40X). T+ v5 z; o5 v5 ?
Reflected light by fiber-optics: m4 [- r+ Z! @6 g5 W# @
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1 G o: e# d/ m0 O" j© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France2 Q" l" l/ @4 r1 U6 A
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)) z: p6 V! ]* ]$ G# a s
Stereomicroscopy
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
) N6 q8 B) @7 `5 G! W/ ]Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
) P8 l+ Y8 ]" r& O8 g2 _- l0 bDifferential interference contrast( h% l8 j. l; _. k" k9 y

" x9 w( n. A4 D2 {1 U! _© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China( V4 _2 }# ?$ c# o; S4 k; Q
Snowflake (40X)7 d7 n# n7 r& ]" T
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany- V$ ~; x* H. F! D
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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3 L8 }1 D. w3 @" o) _2 L( ?" w" l2 t© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States! M$ N3 R# {; E' x
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)# ?. K5 N; o/ q# c
Reflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
0 }' C% K% q# K- S5 q+ ZHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)4 H+ p6 _8 p# ~# F4 y2 I6 u
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Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X) s7 N* S1 ^; ^0 w c- f; r9 |
Incident light and transillumination
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3 I& B' j3 q) H© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
) `/ r2 |7 N7 l4 T& f8 [8 ?+ w$ RSnail eggs (200x)* W; u4 i$ Z3 U8 d' K4 }
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States$ P* `' s& m" Z' n1 K
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)1 v! s$ ? j. P( C- b6 P% l4 B
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Tags: Photomicrography
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