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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.
- _% R& \! c' T) D1 c6 p# t8 ?Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
0 j# D; _" \7 uEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
0 R# y3 u3 x. D HReflected light by fiber-optics, ?# n/ u* n7 W2 P! e6 r
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France* D" d( k" e8 E
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
5 r9 B8 l: q/ \# ]0 c8 IStereomicroscopy
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D' W, ^( U: `: \7 z! k© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States# l7 H( \' K+ h. B# V! p
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X) w+ I5 P$ |6 g$ W
Differential interference contrast
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( @* N7 z& P$ N7 o& v# p* [8 l© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
8 Y1 T5 M5 u- }6 GSnowflake (40X)
& ?2 |5 ?+ [* p/ i& O+ iReflected and Transmitted Light
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
& u- S4 [5 B1 W# Y d% ~5 I# xSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X); |" m* ~: B5 |
Darkfield
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- `1 D U5 X! F* B© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Reflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, E8 ^( X4 n8 z9 `
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)0 i, h2 u- w2 @) A/ ]& T: ?' S
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5 I8 G: E) Q3 t© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain, y1 y/ a& y$ o9 V
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)- j. q' T! _% f+ M+ |! m3 [7 z
Incident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
( E' C3 _5 b. U% HSnail eggs (200x)# w3 X4 n) I" |# O' H6 _8 i0 `
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
& M+ n% V6 H; a1 q4 H( p& E bZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)3 \# A) H u9 `1 l
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