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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

! d) c; y; _ U% FHere 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.0 i" q/ _( c" F8 f* ?1 B
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
9 f. z5 b# j! ], e& sEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)9 Z6 i5 I" F, f$ _
Reflected light by fiber-optics
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# [" a0 u& A& V9 v© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France- O. P5 `) s: w0 b0 `" m
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
" C! P3 M/ ?# {" L2 J& b- YStereomicroscopy
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
5 p" B7 g$ `4 p1 @Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
8 p& ~2 f8 T6 p2 T. c# G1 b0 b; ADifferential interference contrast7 }/ M- u/ K/ L+ f5 n( \

2 R9 S2 R, g2 Q4 t2 h$ Z2 j© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China x ~( v# f8 O' C4 O* B
Snowflake (40X)* }" P" p' I1 W+ I; B# Y
Reflected and Transmitted Light
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4 @) C" f$ l8 L+ }0 o© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
: K5 u) [+ w6 c0 ?; V3 W8 PSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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; p" m7 [; i5 a, Q3 k, l© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States! j& |6 u! y8 K, ?) t
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)% D2 i) z6 _" n2 p, Y) ?4 e# ^2 F7 c
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" p1 _& `+ d: \& u/ Q+ o© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic R/ X9 `4 Q6 f& m) R* t! d2 a# ?
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)3 Q$ l7 @/ Y: P' L% Z
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5 h- Q, h( f {' j' J" e© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
( D9 \3 ?$ s; e" q0 f0 a$ l5 M( H+ YGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
2 N d9 u8 L6 N) ]# o1 t5 w+ eIncident light and transillumination
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9 A- L- V6 s* L; Y* O2 o* m© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
" G" T8 E8 ~" w5 M4 tSnail eggs (200x)# j1 c, ~/ N1 ^1 \
Differential Interference Contrast
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6 E( G2 s7 G& ?# ]! h# A, m# {7 Z© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States2 R1 h1 A( t: ?
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)& p2 J$ b. @$ Q$ F$ U! \
Confocal
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