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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.
- Z8 [6 }" p1 cAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel4 R" Z X2 W9 j
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
) U# \% [. c) eReflected light by fiber-optics
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2 i3 n% |6 w( l* Q, k8 r© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France# C/ P9 T) `9 ]* L0 i
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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! B5 \' P6 Y8 n. N( L© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
$ d8 F6 J+ W k0 M6 ]Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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! K O7 [- T) ]1 F© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
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Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)7 Y3 m7 \# ^' b' K0 t
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Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)2 K8 `8 t4 j2 t
Reflected light from fiber optic
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Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)! m9 ~" U9 H) ]3 ~# _# H, b
Darkfield
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Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
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* D" ?$ F/ u+ Z© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
6 P2 U1 ]) u8 e$ }1 TSnail eggs (200x)
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States [2 u( ~7 J1 Z+ X4 z D0 a( w& ^
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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Tags: Photomicrography
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