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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.8 h" V% m8 H% ^
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
}2 Q% C: Z- E: wEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
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7 ?4 N/ h' Y7 e4 n* W© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France2 o& S- j4 O% g& V# c7 I- h
Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x): L: A% \ x3 x
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Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Darkfield
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
4 K$ E/ x4 P6 K; H- k. F5 F3 lDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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. K# u2 o; O K( S© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
6 H% i N* P6 _7 j3 o/ |3 vHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)- m5 |% _6 Z5 U8 ]% Y, ~& T* W
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
2 ?/ s/ G7 T6 j% Z6 B, GGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)( g, S+ D( W7 g* }! F1 W! D
Incident light and transillumination
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3 W: e, h, E# t, a. X! w y© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy( G8 e( O# y1 {; @/ n/ Z9 B. r
Snail eggs (200x)
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States% |& |4 Q/ r5 z
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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