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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.
8 i$ s3 ?( X5 C- D7 w+ q2 vAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel- D+ c0 v0 x- n2 I0 f
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)2 v D# b7 N' ]
Reflected light by fiber-optics
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France0 B' O4 Y+ w$ ~! {- I5 Z! y6 M
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x) b, {' l K5 k- B. |7 T
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+ I1 g N% H$ \9 D1 `© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
# d% S/ z, A2 L3 hRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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Snowflake (40X)
5 s$ b9 o- q* z7 g4 [: l/ @Reflected and Transmitted Light
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
5 e% }* k( D. BSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X). P. U, h& G: F; n& N. i% _/ ~
Reflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2 f1 j K- s3 W+ H# u/ e: xHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)& L* G1 o2 ~, l* y5 C, v
Darkfield
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Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)) `2 I2 c+ _# G
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Snail eggs (200x)
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$ v. i1 A W' c% r7 E+ P© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
" G% v. _* c: {% x- F" C% fZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)0 ^* Y2 f7 D; @. ~# s M4 ~
Confocal
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