Sometimes science and technology surprise us with samples of their potential. In this case they join together to show us such impressive images How are you today?
These are images of different moments of the fertilization, performed with a scanning electron microscope that manages to increase reality up to 250,000 times.
The first, the one that heads this entry, is the image of an egg. The following shows the sperm on the surface of the ovule. In fact it is perfectly appreciated and it would not be necessary to explain what it is.
The third is an fertilized egg five days ago. It is surprising to see that there are still sperm around in the attempt to complete its mission.
And the last one corresponds to a six-day embryo implanted in the endometrium.
Awesome, true?
