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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

7 }5 ?6 d$ U5 w# H+ k9 g/ qHere 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.
# G7 V4 s" Q' U5 o; R! \0 j+ dAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
! D4 L: f K$ ~* A" eEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)' x9 P s# p3 w; A
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
! ]3 D% k& f: L8 oAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)0 L* A7 |: B7 _% ]& q6 z
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( Y4 f* w! A* U( \( h% a8 G© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States6 s0 z1 V5 x; D1 B1 r W
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)/ u& n1 X: w$ o! x) y
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! |" C3 j2 ]9 Z$ e( _7 W( J© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
$ | R5 y' Y4 b" ]3 qSnowflake (40X)$ R9 |* C9 O+ O# R
Reflected and Transmitted Light
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Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
* Z ] }& }1 O1 fDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)% w5 T, c5 A7 H2 v# x, E
Reflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic* x- Z; ^) ~; u& }: |
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)& B2 Y; k5 ?( N$ a% E! ?( J
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( A+ r* u+ S& g/ e' ~2 U( r© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
1 c4 ]$ ^1 Z. Q f" W/ T$ ~Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
c8 r( J9 r, J2 ^1 `0 VIncident light and transillumination, A5 Z9 a$ P/ D7 I0 Y/ L& e; n
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy: `$ }, _# \5 R
Snail eggs (200x)8 Y& ?# K0 H6 w8 X9 o
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. x4 H% q( n/ H3 O3 x4 s0 Z© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States# i6 h! M; c- u7 x0 r) {4 {% h
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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