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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.
4 g# w& R3 q, O* o3 q$ k2 yAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel2 \; B8 d- |9 X- `' t8 U# ?9 K# Z3 i
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France- A& B# Y( l: P+ I
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)1 i" k0 j* ~# N3 t" @; b: g
Stereomicroscopy
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Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
9 g# {/ q( D* E( ]Snowflake (40X)
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2 H; W. e- X2 i5 |© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
% ~1 `' a* X6 G5 V* E; N1 Z0 zSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)( g$ k5 R' a4 B+ o" u
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* G3 B7 q, b% W5 J% M7 mDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
$ m7 ]1 K u) C* P% OHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)2 j5 q* Y/ M, b p% d' C9 \
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Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)1 f7 {- x+ `& r2 t' a' q
Incident light and transillumination
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Snail eggs (200x); `! |% f& S6 S/ P! b7 O8 ?1 l
Differential Interference Contrast
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$ v0 b, q2 K( z! E4 {) XZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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Tags: Photomicrography
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