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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

& y, l3 g- U) O* ]5 \4 h/ 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., ~% ~7 b o* c; X8 Y$ y
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
# r( p" T5 D5 @, y+ I3 gEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)6 E% ?3 B# ]* t! I; j/ m6 i, M
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% B: N+ h5 q, [1 |2 N' l; F© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France0 P$ E+ D$ R: X( Z; w7 i1 ~
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
3 W, V/ i! z0 f7 _" |Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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0 E# Y: |; g$ k; o4 [# w9 i© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
/ Q H- G& O' |* lSnowflake (40X)
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
1 g( v: q' m' o6 R- O+ ^Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)* [' R! P2 `% P2 U! n) A4 Q* z
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4 f/ s' z# V0 v m1 _ ~+ n1 Q1 v% f© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States& F2 g1 `/ P- V% h, v
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)6 a; z Y. @, L# c6 R& K& N
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* M3 u5 q% ^" D0 I/ [2 [$ Q, y5 I© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
+ J! g6 O# {$ x# ?Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)1 F% z7 j* D9 C. r& h- [) e
Darkfield
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Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)* N n5 S/ J5 p5 I4 H2 J1 B/ i; {
Incident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
8 e, E$ `6 U* x; u& h5 j# U4 G0 O% YSnail eggs (200x) P9 ^1 {. v% M, q0 r* R
Differential Interference Contrast
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
% x. e! Y3 r( GZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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