Embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko by <n>Grigorii Timin</n>, winner of the 2022 <n>Nikon Small World</n>.

Fig. 103 from A New Concept of the Universe by <n>Walter Russell</n>.

Chrysalis of a <n>Common Crow butterfly</n> (<n>Euploea core</n>). Photo by <n>Alexey Kljatov</n>.

Digital artwork by <n>REALEST®</n> and <n>Ruby Dhal</n>.

The interacting galaxies <n>Arp 273</n>. Photo by <n>NASA</n>, <n>ESA</n>, and the <n>Hubble Heritage Team</n>.

A photograph of <n>The Great Galaxy in Andromeda</n>, taken with a 48-inch telescope.

From the <n>Macro Photographs Of Butterfly And Moth Wings</n> series (2017) by <n>Linden</n>.

From the series "<n>Ang Tinubdan (The Source)</n>" by photographer <n>Kaizen</n>.

A portrait by photographer <n>Chantal Convertini</n>.

A still from the 1974 short film <n>Butterfly</n> by director <n>Shûji Terayama</n>.

The <n>Charaxes xiphares</n> butterfly, or <n>Forest King Emperor</n>, photographed in South Africa.

A <n>Monarch chrysalis</n>. Photo from <n>monarch-butterfly.com</n>.

A macro photograph of a <n>Trilobite Beetle</n> (<n>Platerodrilus foliaceus</n>).

<n>Chrysalis</n>, a <n>Fantasy</n> painting by artist <n>Ed Binkley</n>.

<n>Bomi Youn</n> in <n>Miss Sohee</n> and <n>Chanel</n> for <n>Vogue Korea</n>. Photo by <n>Park Jongha</n>.

An illustration from the book <n>Cosmos</n> by <n>Carl Sagan</n>.

Supernova remnant <n>Cassiopeia A</n> captured by the <n>James Webb Space Telescope</n>. Photo by <n>NASA</n>, <n>ESA</n>, and <n>CSA</n>.

<n>Chandra North</n> wears the <n>Showgirl Corset</n> from <n>John Galliano</n>'s Spring 1997 collection, made with <n>Mr Pearl</n>.

An image from the <n>Hometown Wave</n> series by artist <n>Hitesh Khairwal</n>.