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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

$ K; u1 ]/ `' L. I0 P8 HHere 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.+ y6 y$ q* @' @8 i
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
) E0 l( `0 m0 o3 a: A2 TEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)4 U9 M3 }9 s0 J
Reflected light by fiber-optics
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3 L: C( e( W) }5 e! o" x- U© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France5 G( j: ?4 J4 p% b
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)( M% d4 A3 y* m, i! I" K% v& R1 t9 t
Stereomicroscopy
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5 d6 [* \8 x; m$ t. b© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
% y0 [) d$ j4 ORaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)- Y- o7 K" c9 u
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1 J) K- f# i, i& ~ K© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China0 K* t) W3 R& n/ Z W! h. }, Z
Snowflake (40X)
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
7 R; N1 A0 N7 J0 h3 Z) j% ~Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)6 O2 _( t; v7 G8 J
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States# `9 b; O( y0 a- y& r- k
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
4 o' l% B0 O- w4 ]% }& }* a. wReflected light from fiber optic
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) A/ `; r- }: U+ Y0 d5 _3 N© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
6 V I3 g* X0 j6 x( G1 y) XHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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3 M0 \. Q' T% e© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
, U c0 @5 W$ p! vGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
7 L6 ?: c9 I+ O0 c& L0 f( BIncident light and transillumination. \% z3 q/ u; e) T, o6 N$ C: X$ I) F2 N
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
& y. M7 D% \: V, _- E, VSnail eggs (200x)" Q2 a6 x P) N$ a& s4 h
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States0 q* o0 Z4 O# H9 n) h& ^
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)4 U! V; }, Q1 z5 F
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Tags: Photomicrography
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