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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.
7 X& J( S1 q% L( ^3 ZAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel9 C7 V+ v& \4 B( z
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)) c" W4 A- E$ R: {' s0 N
Reflected light by fiber-optics
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
/ d+ c! H; r, uAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)- M6 N: a0 `4 i* |
Stereomicroscopy6 f' z6 T$ s3 c& U' W
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States) q- x7 K% M4 E9 n
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China: X; f0 Y: `1 {1 e8 P* O
Snowflake (40X)/ W9 N- G/ d4 E
Reflected and Transmitted Light
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Darkfield
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5 m& s$ p- e8 f. z1 {5 h© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
4 Z* m/ G) S3 K& f1 j/ ]Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)- N+ x- {6 H+ M
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2 o! }& Z3 W3 o! t( V© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic2 ?% }3 s( v+ A4 u( j' G3 Z) ?6 r$ R
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x); S. }- h& S$ g
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/ P* _, @- x4 k0 tGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
4 J+ ^" `8 e/ I2 v; D3 q2 S/ vIncident light and transillumination+ G' ~3 f0 ?) I2 D
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Snail eggs (200x)
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7 W) `$ ]0 T" [© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
1 x- f( ]5 v/ H+ n) Y3 [% O: KZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)6 E7 i g: _% Y5 ?
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Tags: Photomicrography
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