GaryFifer
11th October 2009, 17:15
I thought you may appreciate these lovely photos, they have been shown in the past before.
When Lennart Nilsson's pictures of developing embryos were published in Life magazine in 1965, they caused a sensation. Within days, the entire print run of eight million had sold out. More than 40 years later, the photographs have lost none of their power
Five weeks. The embryo is approximately 9mm long. A face develops, with openings for the mouth, the nostrils and eyes
Photos of the foetus developing in Womb (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthpicturegalleries/6255474/A-Child-is-Born-Photographs-of-the-foetus-developing-in-the-womb-by-Lennart-Nilsson.html)
When Lennart Nilsson's pictures of developing embryos were published in Life magazine in 1965, they caused a sensation. Within days, the entire print run of eight million had sold out. More than 40 years later, the photographs have lost none of their power
Five weeks. The embryo is approximately 9mm long. A face develops, with openings for the mouth, the nostrils and eyes
Photos of the foetus developing in Womb (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthpicturegalleries/6255474/A-Child-is-Born-Photographs-of-the-foetus-developing-in-the-womb-by-Lennart-Nilsson.html)