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Miracle of Life: Swiss photographer records foetus developing in womb

Five weeks. The embryo is approximately 9mm long. A face develops, with openings for the mouth, the nostrils and eyes. In 1965, Swiss photographer Lennart Nilsson took a series of pictures of developing embryos which were published on Life magazine. Within days, the entire print run of eight million had sold out. Those remarkable pictures have been collected in a large hardcover book, “A Child Is Born,?according to reports of British newspaper Telegraph. (Photo Source: sina.com)
Five weeks. The embryo is approximately 9mm long. A face develops, with openings for the mouth, the nostrils and eyes. In 1965, Swiss photographer Lennart Nilsson took a series of pictures of developing embryos which were published on Life magazine. Within days, the entire print run of eight million had sold out. Those remarkable pictures have been collected in a large hardcover book, “A Child Is Born,?according to reports of British newspaper Telegraph. (Photo Source: sina.com)
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