{"id":41478,"date":"2025-09-24T22:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T22:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/41478\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T22:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T22:16:08","slug":"glimpse-spectacularly-tiny-worlds-in-winning-videos-from-nikons-small-world-in-motion-competition-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/41478\/","title":{"rendered":"Glimpse Spectacularly Tiny Worlds in Winning Videos from Nikon’s Small World In Motion Competition \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

From a remarkable demonstration of flower self-pollination to algae swimming in a water droplet in a Japanese 50 Yen coin, the winners of this year\u2019s Nikon Small World in Motion<\/a> competition capture some of the natural world\u2019s most beautiful, otherworldly, and otherwise invisible phenomena. <\/p>\n

The top prize was awarded to Michigan-based photographer Jay McClellan, who captured a timelapse of a thymeleaf speedwell flower, incorporating image stacking techniques to depict the blossom at 5x magnification. McClellan\u2019s video of crystallizing cobalt, copper, and\u00a0sodium\u00a0chlorides was awarded an honorable mention, too.<\/p>\n

1st Place: Jay McClellan (U.S.). Self-pollination in a\u00a0flower\u00a0of thymeleaf speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)<\/p>\n

Biology takes center stage in the Small World competition, where images are captured through a variety of means to zoom in on things we may not be able to see with the naked eye. Researchers and enthusiasts from all over the world submitted dazzling views of slime mold, mycelium, cellular reproduction, sensory neurons, and more.<\/p>\n

S\u00e3o Paolo-based scientist Dr. Alvaro Migotto documented a microscopic marine mollusk\u00a0larva\u00a0in the process of metamorphosis, for example. Penny Fenton recorded a tardigrade crawling around on an algae colony. And Benedikt Pleyer, based in Germany, captured dozens of cyanobacteria<\/a> filaments using polarized light.<\/p>\n

Overall, judges selected five top winners, plus 19 honorable mentions. See all videos in the winners\u2019 gallery on the contest\u2019s website<\/a>. And keep an eye out for winners of the Nikon Small World photo competition, which will be announced on October 15.<\/p>\n

Honorable mention: Wim van Egmond (The Netherlands). Hat thrower\u00a0fungus\u00a0(Pilobolus) on rabbit dung<\/p>\n

\"aHonorable mention: Janosch Waldkircher (Switzerland). Male dung beetle (Sulcophanaeus imperator), excerpted from a video composed of 7,073 individual images<\/p>\n

2nd Place: Benedikt Pleyer (Germany). Volvox\u00a0algae\u00a0swimming in\u00a0water\u00a0drop that has been pipetted into the central opening of a Japanese 50 Yen Coin<\/p>\n

Honorable mention: Jay McClellan (U.S.). Dissolution and\u00a0crystallization\u00a0of cobalt, copper, and\u00a0sodium\u00a0chlorides<\/p>\n

\"\"Honorable mention: Dr. Maik C. Bischoff (U.S.). Developing testis of a fly showing actin cytoskeleton (teal) and nuclei (red)<\/p>\n

Honorable mention: Dr. Alvaro Migotto (Brazil). Marine mollusk\u00a0larva\u00a0before and after metamorphosis<\/p>\n

\"\"3rd Place: Dr. Eric Vitriol (U.S.). Actin\u00a0and\u00a0mitochondria\u00a0in\u00a0mouse\u00a0brain\u00a0tumor\u00a0cells<\/p>\n

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