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 - Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition

2 k4 }6 N! X: T- P3 W$ U+ @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.
# D* n. P5 Q& WAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
& e( X( h- M5 b- V- o* eEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
w7 p* y2 [) L$ b3 `- X! Q! R$ yReflected light by fiber-optics
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' @- F* A. t0 q# s2 {0 [© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France9 h. a1 J4 J$ O* Y5 \/ a
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
. J7 ^! @* f) VStereomicroscopy
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9 E; w# Q4 H0 {© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
1 R! r. d. B8 A# R9 t% S% S) QRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
; P! X( M5 L5 [$ O* U1 ^Differential interference contrast7 I* Q/ O( d6 [; K
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China3 v: [5 @, s( ?. D: V U+ i/ j
Snowflake (40X)
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
# F# n# b" x A' g: v. \# a* tSonchus 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
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: n& T" m; a; h: b© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
% s# N/ {; e q# a# h. \Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x); i2 }0 v# r7 @' J$ |2 O; d
Darkfield
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9 {6 H" e! @: k& w0 d) PGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)4 l- L! p) U- k+ \
Incident light and transillumination
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7 e: J* O# X/ Q7 ]# a- {© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy/ ~4 Y3 `/ |/ Q+ [* b& n
Snail eggs (200x)
7 Y5 r0 X& Y w9 i* ]7 TDifferential Interference Contrast
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States# h9 L, O5 K* H+ P0 Q
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)5 M' A6 d2 H/ v+ f5 E( V" m2 {$ i
Confocal
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