Video Gallery: The Most Amazing Movies of the Minuscule World
Water Flea and Ball A water flea plays with a volvox, a type of green algae. Ralf Wagner/via Nikon The winners of the Nikon Small World microvideography contest Every year we're enthralled by the smallest things among us, as scientists capture stunningly beautiful and bizarre images under the microscope. For the first time, the people who bring us the annual Small World Microphotography Competition have caught the world of the tiny on tape. Behold award-winning videos of the microscopic world, from the vasculature of a chicken egg to a water flea playing with algae. Like the still version of the competition, the movies were judged on whether they were visually outstanding as well as their ability to depict the intersection of science and art, according to Nikon. Some of the videos are scientific breakthroughs in their own right - we told you about one of the honorable mentions, a live-action video of...