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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

, q3 K* l+ b( s/ S0 o! iHere 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.
9 x' L* V! P, |7 vAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel! U6 ]) r+ o% v" N/ ?4 b' l
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)/ _1 q0 J/ Z3 A! k$ C# }8 R
Reflected light by fiber-optics/ u, J- V3 h7 b; O# d- R' I: C
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3 _* y: @, p5 G! `, Q( M© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
. @( ^7 q; K1 m, \1 B5 `; uAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)& J' |& `0 A$ c" Z
Stereomicroscopy4 I: C+ j6 H, H
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
& C7 m' m; p8 B4 WRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)% g2 }. T, J$ V' {- n
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5 S+ B* K$ b- }% P/ j- L© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China0 W6 F7 n, l+ V& X
Snowflake (40X)
4 O) i+ @6 Y( d3 y2 _Reflected and Transmitted Light! G# f0 G7 S0 ]- r, ?
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany0 G7 A/ P& h* P }5 m. D
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# J! e1 G' Z' [; F5 P- c
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X). y+ S2 C& C2 m" _3 l8 G/ t
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; g T8 T5 t! X5 e! A/ T© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- G* e$ }/ @ r! JHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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4 B0 h( `1 `0 W& f+ m: e% w© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain# T7 c+ w; m" ?, v- h4 [/ a( q8 J; W
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)6 U- }# s, K) m3 Z
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* O+ N, M+ H6 p; T© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
$ o% L4 h7 B5 f' KSnail eggs (200x)2 ]' _* `6 F' U+ @! _& C
Differential Interference Contrast
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
$ w6 `/ v! {/ M4 b0 iZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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