There are many things that look amazing, mysterious or beautiful under the microscope, but there are few things that beat a close-up look at life emerging.
在顯微鏡的鏡頭之下,許多尋常事物都會變得令人嘆為觀止,即神秘又美麗,但與生命誕生伊始的特寫鏡頭相比,它們還是遜色太多了。
Some of the winning images in this year's Nikon's Small World photomicrography contest capture some of the first moments inside the eggs of animals including starfish and butterflies.
在今年的尼康微觀世界顯微攝影(Nikon's Small World photomicrography)大賽中,有幾張獲獎作品拍攝的是動物卵中小生命誕生的最初形態(tài),這些動物包括海星和蝴蝶。
I was lucky enough to be one of the judges for this year's competition, and among the most memorable of the 2,200 entries were images of the first few cells at the very beginning of an organism's life. I've gathered some of the best photomicrographs of these early moments in this gallery.
我有幸成為了今年大賽的評委之一,在入圍的2200張參賽作品中,有幾張展現(xiàn)了生命誕生最初的細胞形態(tài),我認為這些照片才是最令人難忘的。于是,我從這些一流的顯微照片中挑出了幾張,奉獻給讀者朋友們。
Mouse Embryo Stem Cells Surrounded by Trophectoderm Cells
由滋養(yǎng)外胚層細胞包圍的鼠胚胎干細胞