Microcosmos

Microcosmos

#15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.


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1h 20m 1996 HD

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.


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