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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.
! D8 e0 X. d, a3 z$ r+ OAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel \1 M- L, @. b
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
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1 W0 q, ?( _" @ W6 @; Q0 N© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France8 T E; S# ^5 T# v
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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* i8 |/ O7 ]4 U+ \9 L8 \Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)1 C* Z& d% a) g- r0 J" |; O
Differential interference contrast
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% o) l2 T. ?) f( b0 ]© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
4 O8 `% _" j H! j7 VSnowflake (40X)
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4 i0 V! f9 ?- u8 K8 d8 X$ K2 r© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany; S# A4 p; G, J# _6 L
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
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7 ^$ o9 s7 x% Z8 [% c© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
9 k* f1 ~5 S6 |4 J0 t9 YHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
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Incident light and transillumination( n6 A8 {5 ^# k0 G" d. V! D4 n' S' n
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
1 r& T8 I0 f& b- _$ R! [" {- R: d1 iSnail eggs (200x)
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Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)0 m" I" z( j& K5 H j6 ^% R) W2 ~
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