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.
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.
在今年的尼康微观世界显微摄影(Nikon's Small World photomicrography)大赛中,有几张获奖作品拍摄的是动物卵中小生命诞生的最初形态,这些动物包括海星和蝴蝶。
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.