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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.
- U% ^6 _9 a" z9 K0 [1 K* QAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
# \: M: e/ }6 k; @# {Embryo of guppy fish (40X)9 y- S4 v9 n' W7 d# R& X
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
$ C# ?4 `" M; B0 Z; `Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)
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2 D( J1 @' s% s( A© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States8 M- V D8 u5 y8 ] \
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X): n, P1 r7 O' V
Differential interference contrast
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9 Y" s3 v) }; ]0 G/ F© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China7 L4 o. Z- s' c" L% z( v
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Reflected and Transmitted Light
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Sonchus 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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Reflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic% x% Q2 }/ t. G4 k1 O7 m' Y2 h& b
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)( L5 J2 @6 r# |" d$ E% g$ l
Darkfield
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( F9 C4 ~! J+ @9 I. n' F© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
( E |$ T- l' Y2 u5 B NGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
$ J2 ]3 [* o9 D. P/ ]% h, g& O4 VIncident light and transillumination
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& |/ p- B* a* @: H© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy
' x4 q! |$ `" V7 h: BSnail eggs (200x)+ T: i* @+ ~, K5 N+ `7 b
Differential Interference Contrast
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7 A7 J5 D Q' G0 @) p© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
6 t$ E& L$ s' oZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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Tags: Photomicrography
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