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- Small Wonders: Finalists From the Nikon Small World Competition; J+ `; A4 H" k6 i7 [5 `
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./ Q# v4 R+ Z! E. r& I3 z
Above: © Shamuel Silberman, Ramat-Gan, Israel
4 [ V, g4 o3 X9 G, w, {Embryo of guppy fish (40X)8 @7 [, l- g, U8 Q) V/ `9 x6 N2 x7 l
Reflected light by fiber-optics7 f* v+ B" O' t: b3 L0 @! }
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/ p3 k* d+ s8 E0 h$ d; I2 `3 H© Fabrice Parais, DIREN Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
) r4 V% @- l0 J7 T' BAtherix ibis (fly) aquatic larva (25x)" J5 C7 i1 `) E# `# I
Stereomicroscopy
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6 f+ D3 q ?8 a5 J/ _Raindrop on butterfly wing (20X)' ?4 Q1 \3 Y, b8 V' A8 V
Differential interference contrast
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© Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium, Beijing, China
4 K, Z; G) H6 p+ rSnowflake (40X)# E% `6 _0 q, j8 f7 R* M
Reflected and Transmitted Light! I" J7 T g1 J `# L0 w# n) f5 r
9 |2 }& S* i: v0 I. W3 U© Gerd A. Guenther, Düsseldorf, Germany F7 X- j5 v" [2 [
Sonchus asper (spiny sowthistle) flower stem section (150X)
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2 X# b6 l5 j% s© Norm Barker, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States1 l$ o! `. h. |
Dinosaur bone, Jurassic period (15X)
7 S! y4 E7 ? |Reflected light from fiber optic
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' ^- ^3 X: @4 |# s3 N6 y7 a© Viktor Sykora, Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic$ C v9 l1 r) T) {) n( ^9 X
Hoya carnosa (wax plant) flower (10x): B- H6 L- T1 S
Darkfield
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© Daniel Vega, Madrid, Spain
8 s/ _* k, M7 J9 [: `. p$ ]- LGall (plant tissue growth) formed by Trigonaspis mendesi (4X)
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2 U( g, ]1 v0 b( V© Massimo Brizzi, Microcosmo Italia, Empoli, Firenze, Italy0 X' m$ W6 Z/ p$ b' _
Snail eggs (200x)! f8 `. r( M( g! Y: E
Differential Interference Contrast
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© Frederique Ruf-Zamojski, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States6 ^3 i8 {) H& x$ {
Zebrafish embryo, 22 hours post-fertilization, living specimen (40X)
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