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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.+ \& {* Q+ |1 w) l- N3 r3 b
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
: {3 y0 e/ k! e+ n" p4 @1 }Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
0 B/ f+ c3 t; y, ] vReflected light by fiber-optics9 S: X* ]% [. H$ a* F# u0 j( S
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
7 J/ Q# f, j e7 EAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)( B5 J y2 ]2 M2 l I% B
Stereomicroscopy
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' H2 f) Y7 g7 b6 H6 N! a# }2 T© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
; b9 D0 N3 J9 W5 JRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)1 o: b' G% v- M5 x7 v2 F
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: ?, }+ K& g" g/ ^2 k0 v* C. ~- c0 z© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China- L$ f" f! J0 p$ z- {& w
Snowflake (40X)
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
) `/ f9 U: C( ?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 States3 V: B' P4 d) m" k7 B# u* x
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)4 q! ?/ d6 A" E8 S& S# ~5 b; {
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
9 O6 m0 c8 U* I& k: }Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x). x. k0 s3 z& d, W# Y
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Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
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6 p! s( `2 {. h/ G% \9 I© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
M: n" D3 m, `" h' U2 _Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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Tags: Photomicrography
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