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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.
# u4 t. q$ t! UAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
u& |3 P3 }; N: w1 i% jEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
/ j- N3 h8 L5 {* v& b0 b, ^Reflected light by fiber-optics P" t) b! F, ]5 x& W
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& `9 d$ i8 G! n1 r. ]4 n, H© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
3 P- ?- n4 Y$ b+ Y0 @Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
1 n5 f7 T, p8 \; Q/ \Stereomicroscopy
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) C$ a$ i4 x: Y& n+ ^3 e© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States# P- K% P; h# U1 e
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
/ @7 @: V4 C/ u; eDifferential interference contrast/ a" u( I0 M; S: D- x) ]! a& ]# L

+ A; Y% ?: k( z* v0 P! I+ S© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
7 E) z8 n' O5 M$ m6 X' y# Y; _7 q5 dSnowflake (40X)7 U& o/ u* t( ^5 e% v+ U
Reflected and Transmitted Light# Y# i9 h8 b+ a" g, Q

/ N2 a6 y. J) G, s R3 F1 x: h© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
- c4 k' I# C# d! }/ D/ ^8 uSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)/ O/ R" c2 }- q: U& O$ Z
Darkfield
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States+ Q! ] w9 y8 c
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)6 ?- T5 E* d- }4 u) [5 O2 R
Reflected light from fiber optic; K& v; m6 x+ A2 [1 r" W& R
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
8 m2 U( w$ p9 oHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x), m6 ~' i" Q" Y9 r% x
Darkfield
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
* o% o3 `9 g7 d& zGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)( s( x) c% @/ J
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8 L9 T3 R0 ^; {* p2 d$ [- R5 X© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy* ~. {5 N8 e \, j9 A7 |
Snail eggs (200x)
, k2 [8 r& {( U$ V# i$ W; s6 [" nDifferential Interference Contrast
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! Q0 T9 h. R+ K3 O© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
! n' Q$ p5 C/ W5 \- H8 {: tZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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Tags: Photomicrography
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