Ordinary is extraordinary in 2013 Nikon Small World photo contest

Soap bubble photographed by Haris Antonopoulos, Athens, Greece.

Butterfly tongue photographed by Kata Kenesei and Barbara Orsolits, Institute of Experimental Medicine - Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. (Kata Kenesei and Barbara Orsolits/Institute of Experimental Medicine/Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

The explosive dynamics of sugar transport in fat cells photographed by James Burchfield, The Garvan Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. (James Burchfield/The Garvan Institute)

Young juniper shoot cross-section photographed by Igor Siwanowicz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, USA. (Igor Siwanowicz/Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

Silicon nanocrystals in silicon dioxide photographed by Jan Valenta and Benjamin Bruhn, Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic. (Jan Valenta/Benjamin Bruhn/Charles University)

Urania ripheus (Madagascan Sunset moth) photographed by Laurie Knight, Maidstone, Kent, UK. (Laurie Knight)

Crocus pollen and stigmate photographed by Frederic Labaune, Education nationale Auxonne, France. (Frederic Labaune/Education nationale Auxonne)

Clione (Pteropoda:Gymnosomata) photographed by Liza Roger and Dr. Gareth Lawson, The University of Western Australia - Oceans Institute Perth, Western Australia, Australia. (Liza Roger and Dr. Gareth Lawson/The University of Western Australia/Oceans Institute Perth)

Crystallization of tartrazine photographed by Frederic Labaune, Education NationaleAuxonne, France. (Frederic Labaune/Education Nationale Auxonne.)

Annelid larva photographed by Christian Sardet, Department of Life Sciences, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France. (Christian Sardet/Department of Life Sciences)

Actinarctus doryphorus (marine tardigrade) photographed by Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa, Corinna Schulze and Ricardo Neves, University Hamburg, Zoological Museum, Hamburg, Germany. (Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa/Corinna Schulze/Ricardo Neves/University Hamburg)

Dew on spider web photographed by Massimo Brizzi, Empoli, Firenze, Italy. (Microcosmo Italia/www.massimobrizzi.it)