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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.
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Embryo of guppy fish (40X)- v- V& d N3 }7 S' {
Reflected light by fiber-optics
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5 V# `4 ], v" o; K© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
: K( }0 }' q4 o* R2 B5 GAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)- Y2 ~& v# J/ x! N
Stereomicroscopy
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1 H7 l3 [' Q7 w2 i: _( r6 H© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States8 H. q$ C* W& F# Q0 \7 J
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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" @$ j2 E, ~; W© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
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' D l4 h- u4 Y) x9 U, n8 LReflected and Transmitted Light
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Darkfield
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0 V( c( X# ~* i0 |! P; E( _7 x© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States4 E: m- [: f) [" x: M
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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, S2 v, E8 }' T/ E8 F9 B© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) p b$ J4 `) h$ y
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
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1 v% ^( u/ z7 V© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
# t: P! Z" ]9 ? pSnail eggs (200x)
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2 H* P& k! f% w$ `8 M© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States6 k/ g' u v5 ?* x2 V0 g6 s
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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Tags: Photomicrography
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