Win the magnificent world in the video from Nikon’s Small World Sports Competition – Huge World – Huge

From a prominent demonstration of flowers’ own flowering to algae swimming in drops of water in Japanese 50 yen coins, this year’s winner of the Nikon Small World Sports Competition captures some of the most beautiful and unrealistic, otherwise invisible phenomena in the natural world.

The highest award was given to Michigan-based photographer Jay McClellan, who captured the time spent on thymus Speedwell and combined with image stacking techniques to depict the blossom at 5x magnification. McClellan’s videos of crystalline cobalt, copper and sodium chloride were also awarded honorary awards.

Biology is the center stage in a small world competition, where images are captured in various ways to amplify things that we may not be able to see with the naked eye. Researchers and enthusiasts from around the world have proposed dazzling views of mucus molds, mycelium, cell reproduction, sensory neurons, etc.

São Paulo-based scientist Dr. Alvaro Migotto recorded miniature marine molluscs larvae during the metamorphosis. Penny Fenton records novels crawling around algae colonies. Germany-based Benedikt Pleyer has captured dozens of cyanobacteria hyphae using polarized light.

Overall, the judge chose five top champions, plus 19 honorary awards. View all videos in the winner gallery on the contest website. And keep an eye on the winners of the Nikon Small World Photography Competition, which will be announced on October 15.