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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.
, s8 @ V; [% G2 x1 g/ `! k6 t: eAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
) Z. N" `5 O. v) V- u2 B0 QEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
9 I' O2 x8 X! j9 x% i4 y- t+ bReflected light by fiber-optics2 k% X7 F6 `, K/ D
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3 E$ p: _% c' h. O© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France2 v' I9 |/ @8 w% c
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
" e* r/ A Y' K1 QStereomicroscopy
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Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
) V; Q* O, M0 eDifferential interference contrast
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China4 M6 r! o) I0 [' H* }9 O/ Y
Snowflake (40X)
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
" {- _$ {4 m5 O* J) TSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)# s6 r% B+ v, V8 t i
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4 h$ ?' W+ q2 Y' V© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States8 Z1 o0 J5 F$ v
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
: W9 D( O( O/ X( l' g4 g1 ^Reflected light from fiber optic6 Y. R- |5 K+ g, [' Y1 @/ K

* T, X1 p" M i& w5 A+ X6 a© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic/ _8 p4 @, h) K0 f# s( c2 I8 f
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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, k) J* i7 Y+ ^! b" s% B& D% XGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
* Q3 O) B6 a1 fIncident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
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Differential Interference Contrast
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& g- D- J- ?0 T- @0 P/ P h: T- i© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States8 ~- l# v, m' H$ Y4 b# X% d
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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Tags: Photomicrography
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