PIX4669714: Aurora boreale observed from space station - Aurora borealis seen from space - Aurora boreale observed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 16 February 2003 just after sunset. Aurora borealis seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on February 16 2003 just after sunset / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669758: Southern Aurora observed from the Space Station - Aurora australis seen from the International Space Station - Southern Aurora observed from the International Space Station (ISS) on August 19, 2017. Aurora australis seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on August 19, 2017. The ISS was located over the Southern Indian Ocean / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669763: Aurora boreale observed from space station - Aurora borealis seen from space - Aurora boreale over Canada observed from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 15, 2017. In the foreground on the left, the solar panels of the resort. Aurora borealis over Canada seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 15, 2017. The ISS main solar arrays are seen in the left foreground / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669971: Aurora boreale observed in Alaska 03 - 2007 - Aurora borealis above Mounts Drum and Sanford - Alaska. 03 - 2007 - Aurora boreale observed on March 28, 2007 from Willow Lake in Wrangell National Park - St. Elias, Alaska. The two snowy peaks are Mount Drum and Mount Sanford (right). The photo is taken from Willow Lake on March 28, 2007 and is looking at Mount Drum and Mount Sanford (right) located in the Wrangell St Elias National Park / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669310: Earth seen at night - 2016 - Lights on Earth's surface - 2016 - Earth observed at night by satellite. Composite image obtained by the Suomi NPP satellite in 2016. Composite image of Europe and Africa at night assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in 2016 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669359: Early Earth - Artist's View - Early Earth: Artist's view of the Earth about 4 billion years ago. Volcanoes dominate the landscape and Earth is bombarded with asteroids - This is an artist's concept of the young Earth being bombarded by asteroids. Scientists think these impacts could have delivered significant amounts of organic matter and water to Earth / Bridgeman Images
PIX4668216: Chateau du Clos Luce - Clos Luce - Amboise - The Chateau du Clos Luce is located in the heart of the Loire Valley, in the city center of Amboise. Once called the Chateau du Cloux and summer residence of the kings of France until 1516, Francois I put it at the disposal of Leonard de Vinci, who lived there for three years, until his death on 2 May 1519 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4668247: The Oriental Park of Maulevrier is a Japanese garden located in Maulevrier, Maine-et-Loire, France. With 29 hectares it is today the largest Japanese garden in Europe. Organizing around an artificial lake fed by the Monk that crosses it from east to west, it contains about 300 plants, including azalees, camelias, rhododendrons, Japanese Maple, ginkgo biloba and others, with elements of traditional decoration of Japanese gardens such as red porticos (torii), stone lanterns (T r), or replica of a Khmer Buddhist temple. The designer of this space is the Parisian architect Alexandre Marcel (1860-1928), designer of the Cambodia pavilion at the 1900 Universal Exhibition - The Parc Oriental de Maulevrier is the largest Japanese garden in France. It is located in Maulevrier, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. - The park was created between 1899-1913 on the grounds of Chateau Colbert by architect Alexandre Marcel (1860-1928), designer of the Cambodia pavilion at the Exposition Universelle (1900) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671315: Parhely - Sun dog - Parhelies are optical phenomena due to the interaction of solar light on ice crystals. Sundogs appear generally when the sun is low, and the atmosphere is filled with ice crystals forming cirrus clouds; they are caused by the refraction of sunlight passing through ice crystals / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671358: Parhely - Sun dog - Parhelies are optical phenomena due to the interaction of solar light on ice crystals. Sundogs appear generally when the sun is low, and the atmosphere is filled with ice crystals forming cirrus clouds; they are caused by the refraction of sunlight passing through ice crystals / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671367: Parhely - Sun dog - Parhelies are optical phenomena due to the interaction of solar light on ice crystals. The parhely is clearly off the halo of 22* radius when the Sun is 21* high. Sundogs appear generally when the sun is low, and the atmosphere is filled with ice crystals forming cirrus clouds; they are caused by the refraction of sunlight passing through ice crystals / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671368: Parhelia - Sundog - Parhelies are optical phenomena due to the interaction of solar light on ice crystals. Sundogs appear generally when the sun is low, and the atmosphere is filled with ice crystals forming cirrus clouds; they are caused by the refraction of sunlight passing through ice crystals / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671379: Arc de fog - Fogbow - Arc de fog observed in Brittany on 5 May 2006. A haze arc is formed in the way of a rainbow. The light of the Sun is reflected in the water drops of the mist, but unlike raindrops, the mist droplets are much smaller: about a millimetre for the rain versus a few centiemes for the mist. As a result, the diffraction in the mist droplets is preponderant, which results in colour refracting at random angles, between 30 and 45* around the anti-sun point (opposite the Sun). Thus, all colours blend and one sees a white arch of light, sometimes slightly bluish on the inside and red on the outside, wider than a rainbow. Fogbow seen in Brittany on May 5, 2006. A fogbow is forming like a rainbow. The sunlight reflects in the fog droplets, but thoses droplets are much more smaller than the raindrops: about hundredths millimeters for the fog instead of about one millimeter for the rain. Thus, the diffraction in the fog droplets is leading, then the colors are refracted under angles between 30 and 45* around the antisolar point (at the opposite of the Sun). Then the colors mixe and one can see a white light bow, with sometime blue in the interior and red in the exterior, larger than a rainbo / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671383: Solar Parhely - Sun dog - Parhelies are the optical phenomena caused by the interaction of solar light on ice crystals. Sundogs appear generally when the sun is low, and the atmosphere is filled with ice crystals forming cirrus clouds; they are caused by the refraction of sunlight passing through ice crystals / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671501: Solar column - Solar pillar - A solar column is created by the reflection of solar light on the horizontal faces of ice crystals. Therefore, a fairly stable atmosphere is needed to keep these crystals parallel on the horizon. 6 February 2006. A solar pillar is created by the reflection a sunlight (when sun is at or low to the horizon) on the horizontal face of ice cristals. So, a quiet atmosphere is needed in order that this cristals stay parallel to the horizon. February 6, 2006, Brittany / Bridgeman Images