20 Winning Pictures: It's a Small, Small, Small, Small World


	20 Winning Pictures: It's a Small, Small, Small, Small World
Silkweaver
10-16-2008 1:03 PM
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10-16-2008 3:03 PM
einbar
Beautiful!
See also :The finalists in Nikon's Small World competition
,http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/CE07FC51-E459-4726-B845-429E3FB06233/

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=4904018
10-16-2008 4:32 PM
carrerinyes
Beautiful!!
10-18-2008 2:15 AM
burnthefatjourney
Love the beetle on the pinhead!
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<STRONG>Michael Stringer</STRONG>
Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, UK
Pleurosigma (freshwater diatoms) (10x)
Polarized Light</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F871A3-05A2-EEFF-75AB93A76FF98E89" href="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F871A3-05A2-EEFF-75AB93A76FF98E89" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciam.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F871A3-05A2-EEFF-75AB93A76FF98E89"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sciam.com/img/6263460E-0CBD-42CD-B425-4EAAE91FD006" alt="Slideshow" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F871A3-05A2-EEFF-75AB93A76FF98E89"><P><STRONG></STRONG><BR /><STRONG>2nd Place</STRONG>
<STRONG>Paul Marshal</STRONG>l
National Research Council Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Carbon nanotubes, post growth (30x)
Stereomicroscopy</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F871C8-DC30-90F1-F5542ADD2B6B1F29" href="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F871C8-DC30-90F1-F5542ADD2B6B1F29" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciam.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F871C8-DC30-90F1-F5542ADD2B6B1F29"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sciam.com/img/99FED661-9499-4B01-ADE9-F00371998CCA" alt="Slideshow" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F871C8-DC30-90F1-F5542ADD2B6B1F29"><P><STRONG></STRONG><BR /><STRONG>3rd Place</STRONG>
<STRONG>Albert Tousson</STRONG>
High Resolution Imaging Facility
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
<EM>Convallaria majalis</EM> (Lily of the Valley) (1300x)
Confocal</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F871E7-F9F2-7C60-422D5FDAB02C4952" href="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F871E7-F9F2-7C60-422D5FDAB02C4952" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciam.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F871E7-F9F2-7C60-422D5FDAB02C4952"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sciam.com/img/48AB2D69-FDEA-4453-B660-93A041E15E0C" alt="Slideshow" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F871E7-F9F2-7C60-422D5FDAB02C4952"><P><STRONG></STRONG><BR /><STRONG>4th Place</STRONG>
<STRONG>Matthew Springer, Ph.D</STRONG>.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, USA
Differentiation of unicellular <EM>Dictyostelium discoideum</EM> into multicellular slugs (100x at 10")
Stereomicroscopy</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F87293-04A4-3643-68599E3D99D6CFFB" href="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F87293-04A4-3643-68599E3D99D6CFFB" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciam.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F87293-04A4-3643-68599E3D99D6CFFB"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sciam.com/img/45E2574B-3D25-44BC-A07B-CE3F3BC0DBFB" alt="Slideshow" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F87293-04A4-3643-68599E3D99D6CFFB"><P><STRONG></STRONG><BR /><STRONG>6th Place</STRONG>
<STRONG>Klaus Bolte</STRONG>
Stittsville, Ontario, Canada
<EM>Chrysolina fastuosa </EM>(Micro leaf beetle) on a pin head (40x)
Stereomicroscopy</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F872DB-0A5E-8BCE-18D2D8AB6D4F86C0" href="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F872DB-0A5E-8BCE-18D2D8AB6D4F86C0" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciam.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F872DB-0A5E-8BCE-18D2D8AB6D4F86C0"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sciam.com/img/A3E8A401-CB2C-45CB-9395-11489C22F103" alt="Slideshow" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F872DB-0A5E-8BCE-18D2D8AB6D4F86C0"><P><STRONG></STRONG><BR /><STRONG>8th Place</STRONG>
<STRONG>John Hart</STRONG>
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Crystallized mixture of resorcinol, methylene blue, and sulphur (13x)
Polarized Transmitted Light</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F8731D-CC9E-2FAD-8D3709442B54891D" href="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F8731D-CC9E-2FAD-8D3709442B54891D" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciam.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F8731D-CC9E-2FAD-8D3709442B54891D"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sciam.com/img/3C76A9B3-B45F-4703-B3C8-7FAFBCA243D8" alt="Slideshow" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F873BF-E4A8-4BAE-291A9E3BD6B21CAC" href="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F873BF-E4A8-4BAE-291A9E3BD6B21CAC" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciam.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F873BF-E4A8-4BAE-291A9E3BD6B21CAC"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sciam.com/img/5B1E5E46-BAEE-4937-8DE7-CD4EE6596CB5" alt="Slideshow" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F87461-E04A-F025-1C0A60C5AFFBAFE6" href="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F87461-E04A-F025-1C0A60C5AFFBAFE6" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciam.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=nikon-small-world-winning-photos&thumbs=horizontal&photo_id=00F87461-E04A-F025-1C0A60C5AFFBAFE6"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sciam.com/img/84FC8133-C260-4BE5-8B74-2B66560043AE" alt="Slideshow" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/250150AB-553C-4BAE-920E-A70EA2792E33/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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