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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.8 m7 `# L* z* S! |" D
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel$ x8 c0 a$ U/ X2 ^
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)! R; U2 K, ^$ Q$ X% ] t% F2 m. K
Reflected light by fiber-optics
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# R* t; b4 }1 K0 i5 m! X" ]* y© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
( `. P/ P% ]# T5 z% c2 \$ |Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
& m! X) S+ n- D( g+ P D2 FStereomicroscopy
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
o. K! m5 \1 F: ~3 _Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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; _; @+ R+ }% \; | T H) x© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
0 H' G* n) l4 p- w9 A! X/ m0 ySnowflake (40X)$ P, C2 V- i4 @9 z
Reflected and Transmitted Light
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany' B/ l2 z( G6 \' u2 c0 E9 x
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)2 @. N- d! j4 C s- t0 c
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6 j2 }4 [# }( V, J© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States7 a4 H3 @; k: h7 ^
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
4 b- ?0 L* U3 U) o& O6 ]Reflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic5 F" U2 j) a* \! `
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)) t" v! }" x7 R, M# q0 y
Darkfield
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
4 k5 x( z9 M2 ?7 q2 N, WGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy5 s0 `1 m* b. e4 t" e
Snail eggs (200x)
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States8 p! C3 v* S3 _+ O9 D1 @
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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Tags: Photomicrography
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