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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

& k0 g, ?* ?# A6 `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, D9 _: n. f) lAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
$ O# ^& U! H* G# B4 O9 p$ BEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
- {! d7 x- j5 d# CReflected light by fiber-optics0 p' |7 ^2 p7 @! A2 x% P/ m
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" ^9 b% h& q- q( r© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France; R3 m/ \' H: q$ h
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
2 v; j- o) Z! o, ]. y3 y5 bStereomicroscopy4 j* |% u1 l9 Z. W% x. n/ ?/ p( D
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States+ e- _& p5 I( Q' Y L
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
8 z! f& j3 S. \2 ZDifferential interference contrast
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
1 n7 G# U6 t# S& @Snowflake (40X); s5 ^" t( ~- C7 h$ {5 H# \. y1 y* ~2 M
Reflected and Transmitted Light; J9 V, U* X, P5 l
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
/ _4 l) k: F5 lSonchus 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
\; e: n; }8 E! ~9 k# `4 [. f5 kDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
. C$ V2 M" C0 M- n9 c# NReflected light from fiber optic9 F& B' f4 ^7 D1 u
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
0 P7 K: y7 ?2 K8 m/ S: X# [' [! T3 XHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)7 s. K C$ {. U( w4 ~; T( G' |3 e
Darkfield
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain, S0 F. @6 |' P: x4 K
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
% l/ n1 n; G+ H- D' FIncident light and transillumination$ g; [! Q' h" Y4 @* u

- S8 z3 ?& `4 v3 M* E P) i© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy- b/ H' Y! ^9 U; S4 q
Snail eggs (200x)
7 ]% _* N: W# bDifferential Interference Contrast1 j6 |; [1 c7 V, ]! `1 @9 A$ E

0 M2 [& e, F( `5 I© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
: |5 y7 ]7 g% J$ T! L% p9 RZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)0 M7 X [! _- F
Confocal
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