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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

& D t7 V3 I$ o, OHere 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.
6 z& R3 r0 O4 t* [9 hAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
% a9 m& r0 r: \! x' YEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France/ q+ U% x8 G& _9 p; ?
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
3 w/ ~- C. [! r4 u4 ~. kStereomicroscopy. a! H1 z7 i: X- D: b9 q+ Z
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
, T' {! {* u' L: G6 K+ s1 fRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)% J5 ?$ o, w" l6 O; H
Differential interference contrast
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" v3 N& u* j! a" O/ ?2 M8 G- U; O© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
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Reflected and Transmitted Light
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4 Z! |& w2 l7 C" v' N1 l; e2 k© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany/ y& u- c- w+ R
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)# [2 |) B: D t( c1 i
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/ b" i- }2 ?" R5 o# d4 {0 g- TDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
: f# D3 |0 f& o8 f! R; H3 _Reflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic# `$ u9 E$ o' z- m, p; C
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
0 |* e4 e; k$ F6 ~" p8 IGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
- s( d% p, _- H2 d0 eIncident light and transillumination2 |' E2 r( b0 ?" a! d' |, B; R

1 D2 Y0 A1 N1 M r- V© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy( ?* L$ R% @# c6 S2 u
Snail eggs (200x)
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
! @; B6 d* q3 @) `+ I0 F( _5 qZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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