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Incredible microscopic footage captures the invisible movement of life itself

Ever wondered where a firefly's light comes from?
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Nikolay Nikolov
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Incredible microscopic footage captures the invisible movement of life itself
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A team of scientists in Austria filmed a single tree root tip growing over a 17-hour period. The footage shows how organisms respond to gravity and it can help us figure out how to grow plants in space.

The video is this year's winner in Nikon’s Small World in Motion competition, an annual celebration of videos opening the door to the invisible all around us.

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