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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
See How A Child is Born
Swedesh photographer Lennart Nilsson spent 12 years of his life taking pictures of the foetus developing in the womb. These incredible photographs were taken with conventional cameras with macro lenses, an endoscope and scanning electron microscope. Nilsson used a magnification of hundreds of thousands and “worked” right in the womb. His first photo of the human foetus was taken in 1965.
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5 weeks: Approximately 9 mm. You can now distinguish the face with holes for eyes, nostrils and mouth
40 days. Embryonic cells form the placenta. This organ connects the embryo to the uterine wall allowing nutrient uptake, waste elimination and gas exchange via the woman’s blood supply
The skeleton consists mainly of flexible cartridge. A network of blood vessels is visible through the thin skin
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