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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

]" L7 R( t, G6 A2 J1 g/ X6 K; kHere 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.
& ^, u* m5 r' B# h, IAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
# L+ g+ R- h C( s" F' eEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
( O# [& q0 _' a" U0 bAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)* w' i! P' D- Y4 v, Y) g+ Z2 m
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Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
. }3 z( q0 f/ i5 K, r3 rDifferential interference contrast
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China. J0 Y C% O: Q6 f
Snowflake (40X)
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; U+ W8 [( n5 O5 \+ u© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
4 v$ u* g1 ]- e; E' k( ?Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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o# V2 [8 b/ v© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; o; n& Z% F. H9 h' y' ~, a
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
7 v) z* t$ v! F0 J* QReflected light from fiber optic9 d3 G2 |' {5 R( P# I" B4 q

7 N c1 p7 w" I _+ Q3 E' b© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
. J* x# g; q. c: Y3 w' IHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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9 C6 W: k) o' j1 S2 b8 R© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
/ g8 L7 L5 M' z QGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
9 j1 a) b/ p/ l" z: XIncident light and transillumination/ ^( b+ w: v1 e0 ^7 k! b
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
+ w" n$ W! W/ j5 Q* ^ qSnail eggs (200x)9 ?# e8 r" W- v# e
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4 U D' v, X- A5 a6 ~© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States3 c. ~/ j7 ~+ F, P
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)$ W7 e3 ?% a. u
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