{"id":320439,"date":"2025-10-21T05:55:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T05:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/320439\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T05:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T05:55:17","slug":"nikons-small-world-photomicrography-competition-reveals-the-vastly-unseen-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/320439\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikon&#8217;s Small World Photomicrography Competition Reveals the Vastly Unseen \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Such minuscule details of life may be out of sight, but they\u2019re certainly not out of existence. Back for its 2025 installment, Nikon\u2019s Small World Photomicrography Competition (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/nikons-small-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a>) highlights the complexities of our world beyond the naked eye.<\/p>\n<p>From dozens of algae cells floating in a single droplet water to the inner workings of a dedifferentiated liver cell, this year\u2019s collection of winning images and honorable mentions capture the microscopic diversity of life forms. Flip through the contest\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikonsmallworld.com\/galleries\/2025-photomicrography-competition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online gallery<\/a> for more, and add some science to your feed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nikonsmallworld\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nikon2025-2-960x670.jpg\" alt=\"Rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) on a grain of rice\" class=\"wp-image-464070\"  \/>Zhang You, Kunming, Yunnan, China. Rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) on a grain of rice<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nikon2025-3-960x640.jpg\" alt=\"Colonial algae (Volvox) spheres in a drop of water.\" class=\"wp-image-464071\"  \/>Dr. Jan Rosenboom, Rostock, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany. Colonial algae (Volvox) spheres in a drop of water<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nikon2025-6-960x640.jpg\" alt=\"Spore sacs (sporangia) of a fern\" class=\"wp-image-464074\"  \/>Rogelio Moreno, Panama City, Panama. Spore sacs (sporangia) of a fern<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nikon2025-1-1-960x698.jpg\" alt=\"Dedifferentiated liver cell\" class=\"wp-image-464077\"  \/>Dr. Francisco L\u00e1zaro-Di\u00e9guez, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. Dedifferentiated liver cell<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nikon2025-5-960x632.jpg\" alt=\"Sunflower trichomes (hair-like plant outgrowths)\" class=\"wp-image-464073\"  \/>Marek Mi\u015b, Marek Mi\u015b Photography Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland. Sunflower trichomes (hair-like plant outgrowths)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nikon2025-4-960x1638.jpg\" alt=\"Spores (blue\/purple structures) of a small tropical fern (Ceratopteris richardii)\" class=\"wp-image-464072\"  \/>Dr. Igor Robert Siwanowicz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia. Spores (blue\/purple structures) of a small tropical fern (Ceratopteris richardii)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nikon2025-8-960x640.jpg\" alt=\"Lily flower pollen (autofluorescence)\" class=\"wp-image-464076\"  \/>Dr. Stephen De Lisle, Karlstad University, Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Karlstad, V\u00e4rmland, Sweden. Lily flower pollen (autofluorescence)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nikon2025-7-960x679.jpg\" alt=\"Parasitic fly (Crataerina hirundinis)\" class=\"wp-image-464075\"  \/>Bernard Allard, Club Fran\u00e7ais de Microscopie Sucy-en-Bry, France. 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