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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.
2 [+ R0 f$ J8 F# [! ~Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
* j: v. Q% X8 REmbryo of guppy fish (40X)1 M1 J: O( c; y$ s/ \8 F) H
Reflected light by fiber-optics
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
0 \2 h/ O" \7 N$ BRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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Snowflake (40X)
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Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)0 B7 W# b) l" S' F' o8 w9 D
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
3 |) \, y' K+ G0 _0 r+ F! f) r7 ^Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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8 I6 a7 D" h; i9 \% `' t, d+ A© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic9 |) w A, [7 t/ s- t
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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& c9 w* x3 E/ e1 m6 C% m. P uGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
9 c) k, x% @. Y% lIncident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy2 B% X5 K" z E* n
Snail eggs (200x)
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4 J- y& R# M; X1 x© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
: C( B9 l' k; s4 E' \1 eZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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