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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.
) ]6 V# h1 V/ vAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
7 C' M7 F- F2 k) gEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
0 a% u4 n! j" a! b# }6 F7 EReflected light by fiber-optics/ m1 x6 ? V# x0 T, o" ?
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
+ V+ V3 Q# P$ ] yAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
* }3 ?! O( _8 x; y& b/ C8 KStereomicroscopy
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# B$ {$ I3 Y$ u' e3 i# _4 g© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
+ D) z S, A- X% qRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)$ g" p) h& `2 E# Q+ i, a. q
Differential interference contrast4 m) a8 i* H3 ?* ]" ^" x* T

' h/ E0 F* _2 A© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China. U* {- j+ `; G6 a, ?
Snowflake (40X)
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6 ~0 T% |! P n9 H: U( |' K© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
D$ _, t, I& N2 U& }Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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- f w$ C9 L7 [$ a/ B6 h© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
& ]5 l( T% f: A u" J6 k, pDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
: ?, l9 m* v V4 U4 mReflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
+ N- N I3 ^( s i' }, rHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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5 }3 f: x8 d% [: y" w' ?4 L2 P- tGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
, [9 c5 R9 r+ W7 s! x% }* ]Incident light and transillumination
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/ n/ {* s9 n9 V2 R© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
: f& K: ]; C4 J h4 GSnail eggs (200x)+ ~% a1 d( g( q" B' p
Differential Interference Contrast
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5 h2 m8 M, y; q q; E" {# e, x© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States8 S) m& x0 D1 Y6 G
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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