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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.: K. d, S4 W D4 U0 {
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
) \ J0 l" L; p0 k* C1 A: qEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
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© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
8 q& r9 ~5 i+ M6 F, `Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)! u6 [, d# I# L* g( b0 b3 P0 z! x
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% ~) ~0 J1 K7 `; Z* E# t3 J© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States0 F" H* o9 n* |! s7 J) c$ t
Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China. G+ r" s. ?: B$ e( @, q
Snowflake (40X)
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5 S, p) ?( ^# Q* K( y9 l© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
, t" W5 \, d) K" |% _" K) k: XSonchus 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
& Z( J$ c( Y1 D- F9 v6 t( }Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
6 Z& ?2 [0 y9 o, Y; E# ]2 JHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)/ N, w; r* I+ a. X0 O
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
) z1 `, g* O; G, w% U r- A2 DGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
" u2 l& N. a( m \Incident light and transillumination
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; t3 y. ^" x/ S+ p- i: }© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy7 D3 ^! x3 k0 j* a4 D: }
Snail eggs (200x)
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5 [( p8 }, X+ V/ D& w© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
3 F% z4 V% p( u9 @* C2 tZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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