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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

) p5 r) \3 P/ q$ g# FHere 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.
0 t- Y0 W7 z5 C' f! rAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
4 S6 M- |/ L! w0 b4 x4 yEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France7 \# p$ O, d$ C( _' p9 ]3 T
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States1 R8 Z0 ?! q. u' Y
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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8 U. I* t: k2 \& r8 v© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
7 C4 M4 j7 j4 D; o1 ?Snowflake (40X)0 l& D0 g/ n9 | T. Z$ G F: m1 N
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5 E( }' v* G+ i" b# x* m7 B% iSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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6 s4 f. T, Q* y0 V© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States6 J' X* \, T1 g- b& X0 K/ o
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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) F0 T+ n" h1 `/ L. N2 m; _© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic& w% u# R/ @, C
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States. T N# r) m9 Z
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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