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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

) ^7 ^; D( w$ _$ RHere 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.
/ X$ O" l2 h* d2 G& X# H$ nAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel. ~6 A' K5 V z" R
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
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8 y s& _( ]* |/ O© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France5 Z# s0 V* {9 O4 q" m
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)$ v4 h: H$ j, v8 ?% Q& ]" V
Stereomicroscopy- X! h9 t5 S# V+ Q2 l
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
; X. v2 _2 h( L* @* v7 _: P( h: HRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)8 b5 _5 `* F1 Z1 ~* O7 W/ H+ y* o7 `
Differential interference contrast5 U2 V! {- n8 H8 s' B; ]7 K- Q
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China6 e3 Y, T) h) `: Y0 q
Snowflake (40X)+ {7 z4 T* M4 m) p
Reflected and Transmitted Light \3 }6 F' N! _7 a

: b. I. @# A1 p: P8 j! |© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
' V! d* W$ `; K# D: c! j9 CSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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9 E1 ^0 X$ w& I! Q1 A: Y3 a© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States9 n1 S1 `9 w, I' m4 _
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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& Q1 Z5 p6 j" J K! a9 I4 T! S, O© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
9 ]% x3 f/ [7 v+ Z2 \Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
$ c, r* y4 e! l, b" H( Z# ~8 HIncident light and transillumination
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3 _6 I: V+ l# z) \% o2 Z$ o# O© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy8 p& S+ {9 |! G; E- n: O
Snail eggs (200x)2 i' S2 d% C. H0 f3 s+ N2 T9 _
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" K5 d0 b5 L$ ]© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
$ t5 [2 j {# q) pZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)# ~- m4 d* A4 \% ~9 q
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