Closeups: they’re not always a good idea. I used a closeup for my original MySpace profile pic and even Tom unfriended me. I re-requested but he never accepted before the site went under 🙁 That was forever ago, but I still have dreams about it. This is a macro video

Because this is the internet, and the internet runs on caffeine and nitrous balloons, this is a satisfying close-up video of granulated sugar sinking through the frothed milk top of a latte, all set to Don Davis’s dramatic ‘Neodammerung’ from The Matrix Revolutions. Now I want a latte. Unfortunately, my

This is a video featuring a microscopic view of everyday objects in action, including a ballpoint pen writing, a time release drug capsule dissolving, a lighter being lit, a candle being extinguished, popcorn popping, and salt being shaken from a shaker. And that is ALL. If you were hoping for

This is a video from Youtuber Macro Room of a bunch of different everyday objects (including an alarm clock, smartphone, keyboard, CD, and dinosaur toy) being melted with a propane torch, viewed UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. I’ll be honest, it was cool to watch, but in general I don’t like

This is a year’s worth of photos (a respectable 5TB worth) starring nine different varieties of mushrooms growing like alien boners as captured and turned into a 3-minute macro timelapse by Youtuber Another Perspective. Hey, everybody needs hobbies. Mine are pissing off my neighbors and running from the police. YOLO.

This is a macro timelapse video from Another Perspective (previously) of a cluster of ladybug eggs hatching into scary little aliens. Who knew ladybug babies were so terrifying looking? But they’re so cute when they get older. For reference, humans are the exact opposite. I was cute as a baby,

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s macro footage M&M’s melting in water comes another video from Youtube channel Another Perspective, this time some macro timelapse footage of tiny stink bugs hatching. They look so cute! Almost like something out of a Studio Ghibli movie. Speaking of stink bugs — they

This is some timelapse macro footage of M&M’s melting in water as captured by photographer Jens of Youtube channel Another Perspective (previously: snowflakes melting in reverse). According to Jens, if you’re interested in doing the same yourself, “everything you need is any camera, a tripod, a small fish tank, and