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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.6 }# _5 V ~3 N' @* N I* K
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
8 S1 M- ?2 q5 c; [Embryo of guppy fish (40X)# \$ B" L7 F" n
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* \$ P3 C. y" S$ D0 z* _: a© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France, M9 s4 p3 q& I
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)+ I) d6 n. ~& z% E" @
Stereomicroscopy
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
4 i6 Z4 A7 D9 [Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
) g1 Q- @2 x, S, gDifferential interference contrast
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. ^1 u( B( J2 M. H( ~$ N7 i8 k© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
7 G% d+ \/ M4 _- ^Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)$ q U" r0 {" ~' t# t8 o6 J
Darkfield
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States4 U. \& |6 t0 v; d9 f
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic1 S: X6 _9 l, p8 V: y1 c$ J
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)3 n2 a# L4 Y: C' Y' i( C& q( i
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# J a# Y1 f9 \, z© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
: \ ^& B1 T; E/ G& y5 `' uGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)9 D. o- p _, Y, l
Incident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy& w) s$ v" P8 U6 E, `* u
Snail eggs (200x)
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% n. u4 r n8 |: |( J© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
9 o: `$ U# m" J. x* cZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)9 a5 ^+ X/ y; m$ Q8 G! g/ `
Confocal
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