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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.* y! s: u! ~% L8 M* ~
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
; H/ K+ m. F- O1 v: K# QEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)( r* m# U6 ]" X- d9 L% c* ?# D" y
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. E' N; ^' P+ |5 ?% h' \% Q© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
$ C* B& G% u1 nAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)9 @! {' ]( q6 g T, X3 F3 F
Stereomicroscopy
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
, H. V5 c6 j ?7 sRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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o, D1 X* T7 `& n' t, e© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China; h0 G: b0 J7 r0 X6 l
Snowflake (40X)7 p$ {& g) _8 B3 Z: _, N% V; a
Reflected and Transmitted Light
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; E1 C$ N' a/ @; Z& u- D© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
+ v# A) H- K A m" J+ r0 I4 dSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)3 y, C$ A, w$ p$ H# x* z
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States7 T/ w! I' c1 b
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)9 q" E/ p+ J# {
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
8 |$ T6 T* o! w7 ?* X) LGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
' y/ u! Q E1 M& G' ]. m8 W+ u% sIncident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
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Differential Interference Contrast
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States" j1 l \0 `/ Z
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)' e0 J" R$ F* O, L0 f
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Tags: Photomicrography
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