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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.1 N$ G) G$ h }/ j
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
2 H, k7 x8 W. e$ vEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)1 x+ w, m7 Y+ ?& ^: Z
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8 r6 U8 R+ Z" o9 G4 J# I4 |/ T6 P. E© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
, W- S/ E Y. }" u: p" [1 qAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)- B l2 R( A% R$ @7 n3 Y3 Z2 ]
Stereomicroscopy7 C2 ~1 @0 k: X# T+ Y3 W5 q. U( b

3 h* z( d8 \- F5 K2 B" P9 T© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States7 o6 y6 ^" B. ~; v7 j4 n4 W
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)! S6 T8 M3 m. m9 K2 _& S1 U
Differential interference contrast
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9 K' {# y+ S4 f: D+ U© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
. A; N# ^2 s) ^7 p9 HSnowflake (40X)
* L4 K3 H+ c. b) ~4 ZReflected and Transmitted Light
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany4 k7 p# ]; r* [0 `
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X): c7 }5 R/ o/ g. Y1 ?
Darkfield
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0 E( o7 l4 `4 @! g) I' J' c& X# v© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, d5 a+ ~! {8 P% w) N6 g% @3 e9 ?
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)7 H. p3 n& j$ `" I
Reflected light from fiber optic
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/ N" s% W# ?/ ^© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic" W4 z5 W, ], g
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)2 o. h! X: {- p! a; d2 M
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Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
2 P% N/ M$ Z! p8 n& e4 c! o+ @Incident light and transillumination
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9 o2 _6 W! s y, }( t© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
5 R6 q- I o8 I' H6 @Snail eggs (200x)
8 ?6 h" q5 f X, pDifferential Interference Contrast* c* d |; }4 J1 ]
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States2 h4 S K2 G) v0 k0 J
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)+ u( H1 x+ X M f( ~9 y
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Tags: Photomicrography
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