Thanks to everyone who entered the 2025 CAM Image Competition. We received some impressive images, with the following three picked as winners:​​

1st Prize: There is Always Another Secret by Michael Frese

FEI Quanta QEMSCAN image of a 10-micrometer gap in the epidermis of a 15 million year old leaf fossil, found near the town of Gulgong NSW.

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"There is always another secret" by Michael Frese

2nd Prize: Crystal Forest by Mark Shannon

ZEISS Crossbeam SEM image of a protein-stabilised mesocrystal of calcium carbonate.

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"Crystal Forest" by Mark Shannon

3rd Prize: My Baby's First (and Last) Photoshoot by Cecilia Nie

Leica Stellaris 8 image of a Caenorhabditis elegans (round worm) glowing with natural autofluorescence.

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"My Baby's First (and Last) Photoshoot" by Cecilia Nie

Congratulations to Michael, Mark and Cecilia and thank you to everyone who participated.