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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.6 `0 H: _- K8 C, E: r8 T
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel. L0 h9 \' g; w7 P- x, k/ N( i/ u4 K
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)+ J3 A. {' r7 Y8 ~$ U D h) o
Reflected light by fiber-optics9 Y" X# c: P6 {, T& q$ |
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+ h: x) n! S3 p/ g3 C© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France" t, C; s! s1 U0 G
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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- D% J' A% d6 d- p- _© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
# N: F5 p6 O8 W6 Y& lRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)9 q( D8 f6 v4 J7 ?+ l0 X' i
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& M5 T6 G B8 ^) E) v* G- j" c© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
, O5 K* a, b" {Snowflake (40X)
7 B8 @6 x- n$ W* oReflected and Transmitted Light
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany; A6 \5 N1 S) |; G! _# h
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X). t8 _1 ^7 t/ j T
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
5 S& g. W( ~- f* O/ ODinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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5 ]: L7 a! Z. ]8 M! Q9 b© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic" [& K1 a' j$ e; \2 W* M( p4 G
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)% p& D: t1 W( g* K& ]. ~
Darkfield
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain( R" i h& J% k" B' C
Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
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& J7 S, h* b5 z© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy- q1 Z. U7 @' V
Snail eggs (200x)
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( E9 H# P0 w, q© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States* F6 P) ^* n+ B, c
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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Tags: Photomicrography
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