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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 B) I. f6 H( l5 I$ `6 u# k* fAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel" q5 _' O/ N: W: t. C: L
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
: f1 r4 {7 R) jReflected light by fiber-optics
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9 A1 M% _" M {6 {: g9 ?' i© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
& Y+ _: c. m% ~. A+ V8 O5 xAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)7 F) |4 j8 ^% U* \) j
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Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)" z }$ F5 I8 u
Differential interference contrast( P O# e* G+ P3 Q7 ]

1 X7 L3 y0 [# d© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China8 y) F/ v% I# _+ N' J7 \
Snowflake (40X)
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: z3 o8 R* s8 o# ~' ]" Q, e© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany' ]5 R3 ?* g5 X5 e( M
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)9 R) X) f& b4 a% o. o* @1 m* {
Darkfield
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
0 `5 t. Q! X/ L1 |1 Z0 D6 O& B5 U9 SDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)1 X; J$ f) e7 f% g
Reflected light from fiber optic& i6 i; u( n2 t7 w, T/ \4 R, v3 h/ h
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic0 h7 u* r+ r4 v9 K
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
9 @' z: u T( t" r; z9 g3 eGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)# H$ f% _; d- j" y% S- f. O
Incident light and transillumination
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3 p( q- b( q& l. ^+ R" [© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy5 E) y: h$ O7 h, f/ C
Snail eggs (200x)) O; Y. } ] X' i* n$ s8 E+ d( p9 P
Differential Interference Contrast# t! H8 F9 \$ C8 q- K. D9 K8 p7 x, q
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States: E. a! K. T( M% q/ Z& N7 x
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)" S5 K1 O; U$ R9 c" v
Confocal
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