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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

$ k: r' n, p% X" V1 |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.
/ C6 T6 u" u( h( x6 \' x: GAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
: _9 N. p4 P5 \/ J* j+ d5 R7 } _Embryo of guppy fish (40X), u7 P; ?* @+ Y
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
5 P* Y/ M) j2 Q# G5 S, |Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)& y( L5 c, v) I- h" R. ~
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
/ G) |/ U: A9 s/ C4 Y% j( n; I# bRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
% F$ j6 f7 n0 I; nDifferential interference contrast, v. H+ R( O; g# x( z2 g
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China* P5 Q$ X/ ?9 I. K
Snowflake (40X)
! |2 e* i& X/ B8 H+ H+ uReflected and Transmitted Light" N4 z. T# W) E

$ |; w7 L" R: s) P/ f/ O5 {© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
6 ?* r! F- f. z- D7 c4 O$ _Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
, I: e1 `# S' lDarkfield
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States# D+ u3 }9 Z. \9 A% F, k8 g, v' S
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)0 z8 S$ n* U$ ~6 O+ t8 m# J
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5 @ o6 v: [3 ]' c8 {© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic! s8 ]. c- f5 |2 n+ d" }9 ~9 Y% @
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)! K) t7 G: A/ {1 C
Darkfield
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, h+ L! Y- b S/ |© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain/ u" {, t; O' h: N& r, C, j
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)* A1 b, a. M5 L( W: |- r4 F9 K
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
! a- r1 V2 T$ G x' B9 F' DSnail eggs (200x)
* V0 o0 P; O, k1 oDifferential Interference Contrast
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
3 N6 c+ U3 c4 nZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)% S) @* s% \- J" o) ~' Q) {, r
Confocal
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