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Ink droplets in motion win Nikon Small World contest

Original: Ink droplets in motion snag top prize in Nikon Small World contest

The 2026 Nikon Small World photomicrography contest has crowned a winner with an image capturing ink droplets in motion, magnified through a microscope. Ars Technica profiled the winning shot as part of its coverage of this year's contest, which celebrates striking scientific imagery that is often invisible to the naked eye. Readers are sharing and discussing the winning photograph, drawn to the beauty of an everyday fluid revealed in microscopic detail.

Why now: The annual contest results are out, and the winning microscope image is visually striking and shareable.

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