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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.( k9 m# e* c6 E; q; X3 c/ q) b
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
9 X7 W, | ^$ P: e$ }Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
5 V6 T4 \& U; N$ p8 S4 k" h7 m5 yReflected light by fiber-optics
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
$ R' K3 e7 U8 U8 c# @4 w/ G B* FAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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7 f7 u# w5 ?9 D0 g6 }$ F: \0 [© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States( \# R* q( R- d
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China5 {! y5 r& E$ d8 C0 l4 G5 `
Snowflake (40X)' o0 Y. N2 b& A7 | Y& c, x
Reflected and Transmitted Light
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, P, f4 W- P" X# J6 ? i© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
; Y; S' R5 T/ `: W0 e7 ySonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)% M! r; \- Z/ c$ p* s
Darkfield
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States* E R# I- Y/ |5 S |
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)0 {* I! J) X+ D* C( b
Reflected light from fiber optic7 k3 a& M: I+ u2 F8 U' l- n M6 x
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic9 O* o( |% [+ s$ _7 [! G4 S7 [
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
7 i! w N3 v2 j' ?& Z% F8 T# g4 AGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)( l, l. E( j9 ]% w& f, L
Incident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy3 R" @& y4 Z. {6 k
Snail eggs (200x)# T2 I" s7 P* V6 t
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- C0 f: B; \, n. B© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
( c9 ?6 }; [: L" aZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X) z2 x3 j0 s' H
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