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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

/ W2 \# G$ p6 D& A$ I$ 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.$ l1 [, m2 ]* T) z! D
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel$ t2 m5 Y H& J ?( q
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France) g9 @2 q6 H6 I3 G# d4 J, g
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
4 [3 {$ l0 E1 v" QRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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6 P5 W! b0 f( t7 P1 x6 U) `© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China4 i1 e( D! R3 e! v% ?# Z d
Snowflake (40X)
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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; f7 h n a0 H) |& x6 D
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)" r" W# ]! ^4 N! Z0 {6 U
Reflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
7 A" \! O2 W- dHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)1 _& P% z) S/ _6 w
Darkfield
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Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)6 o3 t5 Z( ]* d, d
Incident light and transillumination9 s6 j, x- W6 P, [+ ^) _

+ x9 [* q7 }$ E© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy* r( q5 v% i# L. w( ~' Y3 [
Snail eggs (200x)7 J* P% V. h0 c+ T/ |% {
Differential Interference Contrast( }8 O+ U! ?% y( w3 F p+ f
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States$ B4 l3 B9 v! S' q+ h
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)2 L9 \& x" l7 e! Z$ ]. ^5 m
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Tags: Photomicrography
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