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- Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition
# ^( `3 L# u7 b8 ?6 O; Q# g( h+ VHere 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.
; y9 |: c4 V; @0 ]3 N; Q$ aAbove: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel) U4 x2 `7 x. ]+ z
Embryo of guppy fish (40X)
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3 u$ c/ z$ [# Q! e© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
- c; t+ C8 \4 a, o# HAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x): s4 k4 Q6 \5 O" z x; h% A' }- L
Stereomicroscopy
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© Karie Holtermann, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
- |) p, y0 M; p& S! L/ f/ aRaindrop on butterfly wing (20X)3 b+ M7 E: _6 Z J l' w
Differential interference contrast
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
9 p0 |& K$ @) v6 h" B% K% ESnowflake (40X)
0 c7 d' M! J8 A9 J6 xReflected and Transmitted Light3 Z3 M0 W$ p* p5 f% y) o
6 n, z0 ]! E) P5 r3 d+ c© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany
3 O, v3 ]# P5 q7 rSonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
) ~3 v7 z8 W7 i) t! e6 O8 p xDarkfield
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: H5 U ?$ `# I8 q3 `. _* v+ U) i/ n© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
) e6 _4 U9 v3 LDinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
/ f' h2 _$ F0 A0 KReflected light from fiber optic
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© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
. e0 {+ }+ P$ e. ]$ oHoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x)
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
7 Q- l5 O! ?9 M1 p7 A" c3 S0 OGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
4 q* e, _! _- P8 P2 o2 i/ {0 K! OIncident light and transillumination) S9 a+ D7 m% R( ^) D, E
% }" }/ b1 m* V0 r- |* I) ?( V© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy7 k; k) }3 n# o+ i8 F3 g5 a8 t
Snail eggs (200x)5 }* z; d! O; ?* W' u7 E6 E2 k$ |$ q: j
Differential Interference Contrast4 e- k* z) o' A9 L3 n! ]/ h
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
/ g4 Z* ?2 C5 [9 P. JZebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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Tags: Photomicrography
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