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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

* c' X; g9 ^! S6 e1 _3 zHere 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.0 R! h, C9 P3 d/ C3 p6 Q/ g
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel5 l2 v* t' a$ S5 `
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France' N7 n/ j, ^, w3 U$ D
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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1 f* E4 T2 Q" j. C8 V© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States- Z$ i2 Y( `# I7 L
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)& h0 T# u Y- Y3 m, N8 }5 l
Differential interference contrast1 N. \- Q% o' ]' w7 K
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China/ Q* m# v/ u; _( U% L: g- Q
Snowflake (40X)& H: c7 A2 M8 Q }6 R
Reflected and Transmitted Light
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
) G" C4 s" r. K4 \, c, g3 e' |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
6 C: e0 ]: b' ]. V7 C/ pDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
4 \2 S" \+ ]2 v$ `* `) \1 YReflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
: n8 R* `" d0 s9 S; ]6 wHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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) W8 q) {" J; C% C4 Z© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain0 o7 {# {# Y5 H' H! e. N
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)9 C1 h% q- \8 O) @5 m9 j) G
Incident light and transillumination# [; I( s4 o0 ]3 h
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
8 m# \; `( h0 ?% @Snail eggs (200x)
9 P' r# u& x5 i& x F& t% WDifferential Interference Contrast
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States% `1 N" k6 l+ _
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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