TEC4639804: The royal greenhouses of Laeken in Belgium. Achievement 1873. In the 19th century, glass and metal, as new building materials, allowed the construction of a new type of building: the greenhouse. King Leopold II (1835-1909) entrusted the architect Alphonse Balat (1819-1895) with the construction of an ideal glass palace. Open to the public three weeks a year, the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken house an exceptional collection of plants, some dating back to Leopold II. Photography 30/04/06. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4639861: Royal greenhouses, Avenue du Parc in Laeken, Belgium. In the 19th century, glass and metal as new building materials allowed the construction of a new type of building: the greenhouse. King Leopold II (1835-1909) entrusted the architect Alphonse Balat (1818-1895) with the construction of an ideal glass palace, completed 1873. Open to the public three weeks a year, the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken house an exceptional collection of plants, some dating back to Leopold II. Photography 30/04/06. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4640287: Space lift on the Moon - Artist's view - Lunar elevator ascending - A space lift leaves from the Moon to reach its destination at a point in Lagrange. A manned lunar space elevator ascends from the surface of the Moon riding a 35,000 - mile - long tether anchored at the other end to a counterweight in a Lagrange point in space. In this image the elevator is approximately 3,000 miles above the lunar surface, having taken approximately 50 hours to reach this point / Bridgeman Images
PIX4640626: Space tourism - Artist's view - Cruise shuttle in low earth orbit - Artist's view of a space shuttle of the future in orbit around the Earth. A reusable space tourism “” cruise””” shuttle orbits the earth at an altitude of approximately 250 miles. This spacecraft is 75 feet long by 55 feet wide. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4640659: Space tourism - Artist's view - Cruise shuttle in low earth orbit - Artist's view of a space shuttle from the future to the International Space Station (ISS). A reusable space tourism “” cruise””” shuttle rendezvouses with the International Space Station (ISS). This shuttle is 75 feet long by 55 feet wide. The ISS is about 360 feet by 240 feet, or slightly larger than a football field / Bridgeman Images