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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

5 }7 g- C: W- U% }0 V& qHere 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.* p3 ~8 \' K$ R/ G! r }) U
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel0 w7 D5 `0 n" p+ s$ v" t
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)* U! t1 l; t1 p" @* h
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France' i8 ^ Y w$ x& R; S# Q7 ?+ h9 _
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)& F4 i3 D" v. i8 Y* @
Stereomicroscopy
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# x( X9 g1 t( E3 a& a, b© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
+ v: e1 ]" b/ C& K3 b4 {- sRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)% n" r5 K8 m2 m3 a% R9 v! I5 l
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1 e9 Q v! W; C) I© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
m1 u, f8 G% I1 uSnowflake (40X)0 R8 X4 Q+ `( k7 }1 C+ O
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
\1 E. q9 m7 c6 b7 d( I5 {Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- w: t P) V8 e; J) G; I; \/ iDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)* T$ T3 \ z' C, g. F' ^
Reflected light from fiber optic
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- B+ d$ O+ G7 a6 r2 v© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic3 a/ H$ d+ e& i$ n
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)3 r/ z3 T* e! D( H! L
Darkfield
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0 @. A* B. a/ h5 r4 _© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
2 E# T! S d) }Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
2 \( B2 R, l E) U6 @# J2 P2 oIncident light and transillumination
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' p& a& B0 ?% M' u. X- n( Z# ]© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy) C0 Y% O j9 U5 B; Q4 U
Snail eggs (200x)
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% P6 w6 _) ~2 Z/ B6 n% L© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States0 |6 I, E! v; _ A8 O- d2 l3 {: ]
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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