31 December 2025

5 Truly Epic Time Lapses in 5 Minutes

Until I watched this timelapse video by Photo Owl TimeLapse, I had no idea that fungus gnats existed, let alone how voracious they are.  They demolish this (poor) mushroom in no time at all (especially when it is sped up!).  Lemons, yes – I knew that lemons do get moldy because… my fruit bowl has told me on a number of occasions. Nevertheless, still fascinating to see it in unreal time, as it were.  Plus, I hadn’t realised that Ants Vs Raffaello (pictured above) was what had been missing in my life – loved the way that some of the greedier ones took whole chunks away with them! Even though it took them days to demolish it completely, demolish it they did.

The craziest one – the finger in water.  Watching it get wrinklier and crinklier as the time progressed was amazing, but pondering on the patience of the finger’s owner sent me into some kind of existential spiral.  Last but not least, the sweetcorn.  You can see how long that takes to disappear (and the other four amazing timelapses) by watching the video below: