PIX4638556: Faux de Verzy - Marne - Dwarf Beech - Faux de Verzy - France - Tortuosa (Fagus Sylvatica var Tortuosa). This remarkable tree is a rare beech variety with contorted branches and trunk, the origin of which remains unknown. The Faux site has been classified nationally since 1932. It became a State Biological Reserve in 1981. Dwarf Beech (Fagus sylvatica Tortuosa Group). Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4638594: Faux de Verzy - Marne - Dwarf Beech - Faux de Verzy - France - Tortuosa (Fagus Sylvatica var Tortuosa). This remarkable tree is a rare beech variety with contorted branches and trunk, the origin of which remains unknown. The Faux site has been classified nationally since 1932. It became a State Biological Reserve in 1981. Dwarf Beech (Fagus sylvatica Tortuosa Group). Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4638640: Faux de Verzy - Marne - Dwarf Beech - Faux de Verzy - France - Tortuosa (Fagus Sylvatica var Tortuosa). This remarkable tree is a rare beech variety with contorted branches and trunk, the origin of which remains unknown. The Faux site has been classified nationally since 1932. It became a State Biological Reserve in 1981. Dwarf Beech (Fagus sylvatica Tortuosa Group). Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4637179: Autumn lactee route - Pointe du Raz - Autumn Milky way - Pointe du Raz - The lactee route above Notre Dame des Shipwrecks, Pointe du Raz. Brittany, 27 September 2008. Milky Way above the statue dedicated to “” Our Lady of the Shipwrecks”””. Pointe du Raz, the western tip of France. Brittany, 27 September 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4637231: Milky Way above the castle of Savaillan (32) - Milky Way above the castle of Savaillan - La Lactee Way above the castle of Savaillan (32). Jupiter is visible above the right tower of the castle. Milky Way above the castle of Savaillan, Gers, France. Jupiter is the bright dot above the tower at right / Bridgeman Images
PIX4637409: Lactee and Summer Triangle - Summer triangle and Milky way - Summer lactee route with the summer triangle consists of the stars Deneb du Swan, Vega de la Lyre and Altair de l'Aigle. August 17, 2009. Summer Milky way seen in France on august 17 2009. The bright stars are from top to bottom Deneb, Vega and Altair which form the summer triangle / Bridgeman Images
PIX4637444: Lactee and Summer Triangle - Summer triangle and Milky way - Summer lactee route with summer triangle consists of the stars Deneb du Swan, Vega de la Lyre and Altair de l'Aigle. Lesconil, Finistere. Summer Milky way seen in Brittany. The bright stars are from top to bottom Deneb, Vega and Altair which form the summer triangle / Bridgeman Images
PIX4637791: Star Sky on Old Faithful - The Milky Way above Old Faithful Village - The Lactee Way above the Old Faithful geyser eruption. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. The center of the Milky Way and green airglow can be seen abobe Old Faithful Village in Yellowstone National Park / Bridgeman Images
PIX4637182: Lactee route - Pointe du Raz - Milky way - Pointe du Raz - The lactee route above the semaphore of Pointe du Raz. Visible in the sky are the nebula North America, the Great Galaxy of Andromede, the Double Cluster of Persee and the Galaxy of the Triangle. Brittany, 27 September 2008. Milky Way above a control tower at Pointe du Raz, the western tip of France. In the sky are some of the most famous objects in the sky: North America Nebula, the Great Andromeda Galaxy, the Double Star Cluster in Perseus and the Triangulum Galaxy. Brittany, 27 September 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4637264: Lactee and Jupiter - Milky way and Jupiter - The Lactee Way accompanied by Jupiter, the bright planet on the left, seen at altitude in Mongolia. From left to right: Jupiter, the Sagittarius, the nebulae of the Lagoon and Trifide, the surrounding works of the Scorpio. The center of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, seen from Mongolia. Brilliant Jupiter is the brightest “” star”” in the image, seen at left / Bridgeman Images
PIX4637001: Lactee route and Jupiter - Milky way and Jupiter - The planet Jupiter, sheltered by the Scorpio constellation, is reflected in the sea with the lactee path to the left. Brittany, 5 September 2007. Bright planet Jupiter, in Scorpius constellation partially set, is reflecting in the sea. The Milky way is on its left. September 5 2007 in Brittany, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4638530: Candelabre Pine - Strange Pine - Malformed Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) giving it the appearance of a 7-branch candlestick. Herault, Languedoc-Roussillon. This scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) looks like a seven-branched candelabrum because of a malformation. Herault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642541: Deploiement du satellite LDEF - Deployment of the LDEF satellite - Deployment of the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) satellite seen from the Challenger Shuttle over Florida on 7 April 1984. This satellite remained in space for more than five years and was brought back to Earth to analyse the 57 experiments on board, intended to better understand the consequences of a long stay in space. This single scene, taken during the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) satellite deploy, captures the entire Florida Peninsula (27.0N, 85.0W) in a single view. The multi - paneled LDEF satellite, suspended by the RMS, is undergoing final checkout procedures immediately prior to release. As a long term materials testing facility, the LDEF contained material samples in the many surface panels to determine the effects of long term exposure to space. multi - paneled LDEF satellite was deployed 27.0N, 85.0W) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642545: Monument dedicated to the artificial satellite Sputnik 1 - Monument dedicated to the satellite Sputnik 1 at the launch center of Baikonour, Kazakhstan. This satellite was the first artificial satellite on Earth. Put into orbit on October 4, 1957, it rotated around the Earth in 97 minutes. Its only functionality was the broadcast of a “beep-beep” on radio waves / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642605: Satellite artificiel FR - 1 - Illustration - Satellite FR - 1 above the Earth - Illustration - Artist view of the satellite francais FR - 1. This satellite is the second French artificial satellite, launched on 6 December 1965 (10 days after the first French satellite Asterix) by an American Scout rocket from the Vandenberg space base. EN - 1 was the second english artificial satellite, launched on December 6 1965 (ten days after the first french satellite Asterix) by a US rocket Scout / Bridgeman Images