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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

+ r3 V/ Q1 m! _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.
: [+ c: F1 |1 W- ~7 N& l+ DAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
" W* U# Y, H- U2 B. f8 Z* {Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
4 W$ r* l( ]: `& m6 y0 c4 yReflected light by fiber-optics
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France+ R5 B! g1 [4 H' J& j, Y
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
' R4 H& d, O2 _9 \0 F( r2 qStereomicroscopy
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8 Z P& F* x" K4 L! j" V( ?© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
6 ?0 J* ]; Y+ C7 Y, |8 nRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)- `; Q1 N0 C; I& D
Differential interference contrast
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
9 T3 j" G `1 C9 y w; K8 ~Snowflake (40X)
0 Y7 N# t- S) B& n, ]Reflected and Transmitted Light
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
% z6 l$ z& x! DSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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$ @, Q$ v4 x+ X5 ~9 d6 [© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
) Y6 `1 ~5 R6 [1 C! E- m0 T6 pDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
4 l9 p4 n- T# K" Y2 tReflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
0 F0 s6 y1 ~) G9 PHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)# H% _' d# a/ z
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: C! f# n, u( r4 C+ g; k0 ~© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain: g, S2 g$ [6 S5 \
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)! R4 `) V0 b/ G1 d: H% b) K5 O
Incident light and transillumination
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& x' a' T4 b* C, i- C© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy5 D9 m6 A4 _* \/ z
Snail eggs (200x)
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
: C: V& ^, {. H* |+ S3 sZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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Tags: Photomicrography
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