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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.
* B6 `" B) }# z, f3 t# }# f, Z& KAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
2 ~& ^/ ~' @" g2 ? G$ mEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
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3 x3 U: r, j, x! A. O( p© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
. o, P# {8 @; `6 J& }Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)* k( y; G: {- R5 k+ p/ l. w
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
" C8 P9 M `; ]2 \& ARaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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2 K# d n. b4 Z3 o4 x( r© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China" B+ @* V9 \( z( J
Snowflake (40X)
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/ @' C# \- g1 O2 \6 _& b0 l© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
( g8 e7 `! X' U/ s$ F( DSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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% }2 J" c" `4 o2 }& r. H© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
& a% I( T4 l! ~' p+ WDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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9 B) S/ r8 U M% \7 r+ }© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. `% o& m, b- J, r8 H5 [. T( e
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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Gall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)' `' F( V( t1 k& I
Incident light and transillumination
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy4 f3 L% N c* s3 o Q
Snail eggs (200x)
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- L+ ]7 m* B$ _7 q3 h/ _) }© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States. S0 E- s+ l3 R1 Q' O& H" x
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)$ N; l: b& E) d7 g; E: ?
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