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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.
$ \% J7 L% r# z$ ~Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
8 {' }$ y' p! FEmbryo of guppy fish (40X)
% P. o1 L7 s) z3 B# S! uReflected light by fiber-optics' y9 P3 r! |' R) U. ` o
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Atherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)4 t' T6 P& V1 y+ F* P0 s5 {
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
0 d+ [0 ^" ~8 HRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)
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p' C/ f2 {- d( bSnowflake (40X)9 p: P+ L- S3 I& X3 O
Reflected and Transmitted Light2 P1 d0 [: h# a" u
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© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
3 {$ D/ M% m" R3 VSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)8 l/ d; R. i8 ]; Q4 }& S2 E) V' ^
Darkfield
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© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
5 }- a/ i6 k/ B7 {4 B% _8 i% B8 zDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
; T R1 F- p* p5 ], L. h4 k4 h. ^Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)/ N2 m6 h& ^ m3 P( [' Z
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
: F# u( |. j) G8 f$ |0 JGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X), O1 Z" j8 l3 V9 x9 N3 F
Incident light and transillumination3 w6 q' Z1 m+ O
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© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy v) R' E" Z3 d; C' n4 q! @
Snail eggs (200x)
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5 L5 I" Z. J9 L% F% k% C© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States6 f0 M0 `, j: n
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)& W( F* g: f% F+ z% c2 \
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