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Invisible Worlds

Just beyond our naked eyes lies an invisible world of secret forces that touches every aspect of life on Earth and shapes it in unseen ways. Now, for the first time, this hidden world is revealed – in action.

The human eye is a remarkable piece of precision engineering, but all around us is an astonishing and beautiful world we cannot see. Some wonders are outside the visible spectrum; others are too fast, too slow, too small or too remote for our eyes and brains to interpret.

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  • Richard HammondRichard Hammond's Invisible World - Knowledge gallery 15
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  • Honey bees  - rare image shows a refuelling bee replenishing an exhausted heater bee with nectarRichard Hammond's Invisible World - Knowledge gallery 12
  • – High speed moving x-ray footage reveals the secrets to animal locomotion and shows the unique shock absorption system – of the humble catRichard Hammond's Invisible World - Knowledge gallery 11
  • Richard Hammond investigates the invisible world of the honey-bee, where infra-red cameras reveal their most precious commodity – heatRichard Hammond's Invisible World - Knowledge gallery 10
  • Dolphin in the airRichard Hammond's Invisible World - Knowledge gallery 9
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  • Upward lightening – high speed cameras capture this remarkable phenomenonRichard Hammond's Invisible World - Knowledge gallery 7
  • High speed filming reveals why dolphins are so much faster in the water than humansRichard Hammond's Invisible World - Knowledge gallery 6
  • Shockwave, New Mexico High speed filming demonstrates the destructive power of airRichard Hammond's Invisible World - Knowledge gallery 5
  • Richard Hammond discovers the one of the fastest living thing on the planet. It’s not the horse but the fungal spore that lives on the horse’s dungRichard Hammond's Invisible World - Knowledge gallery 4
  • A fungal spore – surprisingly one of the fastest living things on the planetRichard Hammond's Invisible World - Knowledge gallery 3
  • Shockwave, New Mexico High speed filming demonstrates the destructive power of airRichard Hammond's Invisible World - Knowledge gallery 2
  • Shockwave, New Mexico High speed filming demonstrates the destructive power of airRichard Hammond's Invisible World - Knowledge gallery 1
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