科學探索:帶你欣賞顯微鏡頭下的生命起點

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歎爲觀止，即神祕又美麗，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，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.

我有幸成爲了今年大賽的評委之一，在入圍的2200張參賽作品中，有幾張展現了生命誕生最初的細胞形態，我認爲這些照片纔是最令人難忘的。於是，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

由滋養外胚層細胞包圍的鼠胚胎幹細胞

Developing Frog

發育中的蛙類

Fly Egg Chamber with Extra Cell Number

包含多個額外細胞的蒼蠅卵室

Starfish Embryo, Four Cell Stage

海星胚胎，四細胞階段

Reakirt’s Blue Butterfly Egg on Pink Powderpuff Bud

粉紅朱纓花蓓蕾上的藍鳳蝶卵

Echinoderm Embryo Undergoing Second Cleavage

正在經歷第二次分裂的棘皮動物卵