MES2648091: Narga Selassie Christian Church, Island of Dek, Lake Tana, Gondar Region, Ethiopia, Africa (photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2881338: Saglieno cemetery, Genova province, Italy 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2881353: Cappella Raggio, Saglieno cemetery, Genova province, Italy 1930s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

UTD2873872: (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MES2913910: Mental Hospital, constriction museum, Reggio Emilia, Emilia Romagna, Italy (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MES2913911: Mental Hospital, constriction museum, Reggio Emilia, Emilia Romagna, Italy (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MES2913913: Mental Hospital, constriction museum, Reggio Emilia, Emilia Romagna, Italy (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4623419: Planetary nebula M 27 (NGC 6853) in the little fox - This excellent image of the Dumbbell Nebula (M27, NGC6853), a planetary nebula in the constellation of Vulpecula, was taken at the 3.5 - meter WIYN telescope using the mini - mosaic imager. The nebula was formed when an evolved, red giant star ejected its outer envelope near the end of its lifetime. The expanding cloud of gas becomes visible once the hot core of the star, visible near the center, is exposed and the high - energy, ultraviolet light from the core ionizes the cloud. This makes the nebula emit mostly a strong emission - line spectrum. This color image was obtained by combining three separate pictures, each one taken through a narrow filter centered at the emission wavelengths of Hydrogen (H alpha, red, 656 nm), doubly ionized Oxygen (OII, green, 501 nm), and neutral Oxygen (OI, blue, 630 nm). It is physically very interesting that neutral gas can survive in a region right next to highly ionized gas, and this image shows how, as the blue component is concentrated in very dense clumps which act to protect the neutral oxygen from the intense ultraviolet radiation which has ionized the other gas components. The Dumbbell nebula is about 850 light - years away from Earth and about 1.5 light - years in diameter / Bridgeman Images

PIX4618980: Nebula NGC 3372 in the Carene - NGC 3372, The Eta Carinae Nebula - The Carene nebula is located about 7000 years - light from Earth. It is home to many hot stars, including the star Eta Carinae, a supermassive star, in the centre of the nebula. This image shows a giant star - forming region located at about 7000 light years away in the southern sky known as the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372). The bright star near the center of the image is Eta Carinae, which is one of the most massive and luminous stars known / Bridgeman Images

SRB3702822: Village of Saint Cirq Lapopie, Midi Pyrenees, Lot, France (photo) / Bridgeman Images

SRB3702842: Fluvial tourism on the Lot River between Saint Cirq Lapopie and Bouzies, The Lot, France (photo) / Bridgeman Images

SRB3702853: Fluvial tourism on the Lot River in Saint Cirq Lapopie, The Lot, France (photo) / Bridgeman Images

SRB3702855: Fluvial tourism on the Lot River between Saint Cirq Lapopie and Bouzies, The Lot, France (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3704474: Portuguese Communist Party murals, Lisbon, Portugal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3704475: Portuguese Communist Party murals, Lisbon, Portugal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3704477: Portuguese Communist Party murals, Lisbon, Portugal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3704478: Portuguese Communist Party murals, Lisbon, Portugal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV497935: Himalayan landscape: Lorry rounding bend on extreme precipitous mountain road between Khaltse and Lamayuru, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497939: Sleet & rain over mountains of the Zanskar range, from Namika la pass, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497942: Cloud front moving into snowy high-altitude mountain wilderness in Nun-Kun massif (Kun, 7077m on left) in Great Himalayan Range Suru Valley, Kargil District, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497946: Harvest: Ladakhi family carrying bales of hay (for livestock winter fodder) onto roof of traditional house Rangdum, Suru Valley, Kargil District, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497957: Himalayan landscape: Doda river plain, harvested fields, Padum town & Zanskar Range in evening light Padum, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497964: Himalayan landscape: Doda river on Padum Plain in foregnd. of snowcapped peaks in Great Himalayan Range between Karsha & Padum, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497966: Zanskari villagers engaged in mechanical threshing, changing practices in agriculture, harvest, bckgnd: snowcapped peaks of Haptal Massif (Great Himalayan Range) Rubruk nr. Padum, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497967: Zanskari villagers engaged in mechanical threshing, changing practices in agriculture, harvest, bckgnd: snowcapped peaks of Haptal Massif (Great Himalayan Range) Rubruk nr. Padum, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497971: Incense burner in wall recess in 17th century Tibetan Buddhist (Vajrayana) Bardan Gompa (monastery, Drukpa-Kargyu order) Bardan, Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497986: Zanskari villager in remote valley carrying load of livestock fodder across rocky mountain landscape, snowcapped peaks in bckgnd., single willow tree (salix sp.) Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497987: Portrait of boy (Buddhist novice monk) in remote Himalayan village, Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV497992: Traditional farming: Villagers gathering cut barley in field on edge of remote mountain village, subsistence agriculture, harvest Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498003: Ecotourism: Zanskari woman preparing meal for Indian traveller (on right) staying with family in traditional Himalayan home in remote mountain village (www.himalayan-homestays.com , instigated by Snow Leopard Conservancy), traditional kitchen Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498004: Himalayan landscape: Mani wall (stones inscribed with prayers, invocations, mantras - Tibetan Buddhism, Tantric B., Vajrayana) in remote mountain valley with snowcapped peaks in bckgnd. nr. Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498006: Himalayan landscape: Footbridge across turquoise Lungnak river (aka. Tsarap Lingti) flowing through narrow gorge, steep path (left), road (right), Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498010: Portrait of young Zanskari village woman (wearing headscarf) Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498013: Himalayan landscape: Boulder-strewn slope with snowcapped peak (Rungo, 5934m) behind, high-altitude desert wilderness Suru Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498015: Himalayan landscape: Stone hut in front of scree slope and barren massive mountainside in high altitude cold desert Suru Valley, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images

POV498022: Ladakhi schoolgirls in extracurricular knitting workshop Druk White Lotus School (Padma/Pema Karpo Educational Institute), Shey, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images