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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

% e" _! {+ C0 u% \: k6 jHere 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.0 N+ x0 q% M# T- T5 b4 H
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel; K( T' I, p# P) H, e2 e2 o" m
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France5 \1 T; F: x" s( u
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States( E4 P$ n) I$ z
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
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' |# h( Q8 t, r- t0 [© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
- V9 s5 B9 l7 x/ n; NSonchus 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
, |5 @( Y( U! g) nDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Darkfield
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1 A x) ?2 N7 u/ q: h4 FGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)0 A% g- G2 A! s! X, N, O% I; z
Incident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy2 O. C$ |( l; F
Snail eggs (200x)
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5 c9 j$ z; Q) l7 G$ d! _© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States' P# A0 c" q P% [8 z* P. J
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)+ K, _0 e: b3 y% z0 C; @
Confocal
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