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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

" @) b" r. S8 V- O$ xHere 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.
# |3 h5 I/ h* R8 f% x9 n6 G1 D, lAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
1 M6 X0 N4 W, w' {Embryo of guppy fish (40X)9 H/ Y% t. M/ J) B
Reflected light by fiber-optics
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* s3 R: V4 \0 U+ k© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
! N5 X8 }3 f; u0 rAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
1 E( s6 t/ h. g1 @- y$ bStereomicroscopy( |+ o) t( r# u% g5 p+ [7 M# L
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
, d% p/ l4 ?5 nRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
4 W5 {* W M) d" ~5 h. dSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)" j. H: i( P* Q( ?( j: ^) N- d2 F
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7 C! ]! a% s; e r' y9 t* e© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
8 a2 Y/ x% V; B' F5 e$ o! O8 EDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
. ]1 v% g+ ?# ^# d2 NReflected light from fiber optic
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: `8 }! T" K. N+ Y) Z5 c9 h3 B: O7 C© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
9 K6 L' K5 r8 A5 I. E( V: VHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x); J' R+ w) j! F5 B2 z
Darkfield
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
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Incident light and transillumination
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V) r9 }3 w, D. X© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
2 x R( @& F- x7 D; @5 H7 PSnail eggs (200x)4 ]. O0 J- t f' N8 B" H/ H
Differential Interference Contrast
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
( {8 S9 h" r) k) P- C" ZZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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