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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.
2 p2 X- C0 W3 E2 S- JAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel* w' F6 s- f' P# n3 d
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France% h; g# K- b# F: \$ o) _
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)1 P6 y# }0 J/ ~0 ~& ]
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
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Differential interference contrast
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Sonchus 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
" g+ H# q$ m$ bDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)! X8 ^( [1 D( e2 y j
Reflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
0 W0 T' v u% `) \- U, QHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x); w3 Y: G5 G' R0 r
Darkfield
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
" [6 r( I$ C7 M7 y* J0 o* p* ?Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
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Snail eggs (200x)8 z/ G" {# @; E: h3 `/ g1 N$ H
Differential Interference Contrast
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
. i( O6 x* o- Y. F9 bZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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Tags: Photomicrography
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