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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.
- f2 o1 O! l3 i, h: AAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
3 `/ S$ G3 L: [ hAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
/ ^% S1 l+ i9 n$ C# YRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X) ?( p1 L: r( l9 b
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6 S6 n" r. ^8 ~( ^ p. l( y* `. t1 p© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China; `8 P1 @2 W* u5 S f7 m
Snowflake (40X)
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8 L( ?5 l1 l0 f1 k© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany! L% {3 z3 g4 U/ }( Z( |
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- }8 B. ~" U4 I R; M$ `- ?Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X), i# F8 h; x9 Y+ ]+ _
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0 G9 m6 w' p0 C5 z! \% g) w© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
5 O1 L! F. s7 ]8 l, tHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
3 f- ]$ N& @3 m/ _. T: R7 B" RIncident light and transillumination
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5 q: ~/ t1 _' V% ]© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
4 g7 L- r% Y" h$ aSnail eggs (200x)
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Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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