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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.; h, B' Z1 Y+ I) D' d
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
9 j3 o/ s+ R/ l: G+ m+ JEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
9 |9 x4 i$ l/ V' R9 F5 A' LReflected light by fiber-optics4 Z) Q- [7 u! [5 V' g1 A1 ?
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France1 r3 x' q) x1 K" r3 K9 {) r# x
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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% ~& i c2 R0 N2 K( D; m© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States8 |& b! r! ? S: B8 C! j1 d
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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. D4 w" [6 p, X3 |© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
4 v' X/ [7 X# _7 D3 Y9 A* KSnowflake (40X)
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany" s, \0 p. s! m- X
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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. ]* o0 q, \' G7 }$ ~) JDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
, E4 w2 h3 ~3 z. o4 E% |8 KHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain6 S5 ?" B+ A+ q! O% |* S
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)9 R& r$ e- Y' s- n% x( o9 I, x
Incident light and transillumination2 [9 D/ e$ {9 U$ j2 ]

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! I& l- q* a/ m" m# x9 a! ~; z/ @Snail eggs (200x)
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States( {0 t% A; Z& n
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)3 |7 j+ O, L/ ?& o0 O
Confocal
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