FLO4588135: Orchid: variete of maxillaria, native to South America - Plate engraved by S.Watts, from an illustration by Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), from the Botanical Register of Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819), England, 1835 - Camaridium densum orchid (Dense-flowered maxillaria, Maxillaria densa) - Engraving by S. Watts after an by Miss Drake from Sydenham Edwards' “” The Botanical Register,”” London, Ridgway, 1835, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588178: Clinopodium Variete - Plate engraved by S.Watts, from an illustration by Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), from the Botanical Register of Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819), England, 1835 - Clinopodium chinense (Gillies gardoquia, Gardoquia gilliesii) - Engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Drake from Sydenham Edwardam Edwardam 'The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4588200: Occultation of the double star Chi Tauri by the Moon - Occultation of the star Chi Tauri by the Moon - On the left, the double star Chi Tauri composed of two stars of magnitude 5.4 and 8.4. The waxing crescent Moon occults Chi Tauri, a double star with components of magnitude 5.4 and 8.4 separated by 19.6 arc seconds / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588212: Oxalis Variete - Plate engraved by S.Watts, from an illustration by Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), from the Botanical Register of Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819), England, 1835 - Piotta's oxalis or woodsorrel, Oxalis piottae (unresolved name) - Engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Drake from Sydenham Edwards' ““The Botanical Register,”” London, Ridgway, 1835, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588218: Turpinia Variete - Plate engraved by S.Watts, from an illustration by Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), from the Botanical Register of Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819), England, 1835 - Fine-tooth palebloom, Turpinia arguta (Ochranthe arguta) - Engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Drake from Sydenham Edwards' ““The Botanical Register,”” London, Ridgway, 1835, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4588225: Jupiter, Venus and the Open Cluster M44 - Planets Jupiter and Venus with the open cluster M44 - M44 is a cluster of stars located only 600 light years from Earth, in the constellation of Cancer. Illuminating the image, the planets Jupiter (bottom) and Venus. August 18, 2014. Bright planet Venus close to Jupiter (below) with M44 stars; this cluster is located about 600 light year away in Cancer. August 18 201 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588256: Hibiscus rose from China - Engraved by S.Watts, from an illustration by Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857), from the Botanical Register of Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819), England, 1835 - Single-flowered Chinese rose mallow, Hibiscus rose-sinensis - Engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Drake from Sydenham Edwards' “The Botanical Register,” London, Ridgway, 1835, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588280: Long-leaved oncidium orchid, Oncidium longifolium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588350: Anemone des rives - Rill anemone, Anemone rivularis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1841. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588363: Camphor myrtle or camphorwort babingtonia, Babingtonia camphorosmae. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4588374: Transit of Venus in front of the Sun 08/06/2004 - Transit of Venus. June 8 2004 - Passing the planet Venus before the Sun on June 8, 2004. Multiple image composite, H-Alpha filter. Venus seen in front of Sun with a H-alpha filter on June 8, 2004 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4588405: Transit from Venus before the Sun. 08/06/2004 - Venus Transit. 08/06/2004 - Passing the planet Venus before the Sun on June 8, 2004. Venus seen in front of Sun with a H-alpha filter on June 8, 2004 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588411: Venus Hoof - Venus slipper, Paphiopedilum barbatum (Bearded lady's slipper, Cypripedium barbatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4588448: Transit of Venus in front of the Sun. 05/06/2012 - Venus Transit. 05/06/2012 - Beginning of the transit of Venus in front of the Sun seen by the SDO satellite, June 5, 2012. Beginning of Venus transit on June 5 2012. On June 5-6 2012, SDO is collecting images of one of the rarest predictable solar events: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. This event happens in pairs eight years apart that are separated from each other by 105 or 121 years. The last transit was in 2004 and the next will not happen until 2117 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588523: Eastern Hellebore - Eastern hellebore or Lenten rose, Helleborus orientalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588528: Chilean Amaryllis (Amaryllis pratensis) - Rhodophiala pratensis (Meadow habranthus, Habranthus pratensis). Amaryllis from Chile. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588560: Tiger lily, Tigridia meleagris (Spotted waterband, Hydrotaenia meleagris). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4588587: Comete Hale-Bopp 01/04/1997 - Comet Hale-Bopp: Coma and streamer of Hale-Bopp. 10 min exposure using a C8 telescope. April 1st 1997 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588630: Vanda - Crested vanda orchid, Vanda cristata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588642: Cockleshell orchid, Prosthechea cochleata (Leaved epidendrum, Epidendrum lancifolium). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4588659: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko nucleus seen by Rosetta probe - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko nucleus seen by Rosetta: Editing 18 images showing the activity of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko between January 31, 2015 (top left) and March 25, 2015 (bottom right) when the Rosetta probe was a distance between 30 and 100 km from the centre de la comete - This spectacular montage of 18 images shows off the comet's activity from many different angles as seen between 31 January (top left) and 25 March (bottom right), when the spacecraft was at distances of about 30 to 100 km from the comet. At the same time, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was at distances between 363 million and 300 million km from the Sun / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588711: Eastern Hellebore - Olympian hellebore, Helleborus olympicus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588729: Charming godetie or clarkie agreable or satin flower - Farewell to sping, Clarkia amoena subsp. lindleyi (Large-flowered godetia, Godetia grandiflora). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588746: Variete of tillandsia or air girl or old-fashioned beard - Tillandsia geminiflora airplant (Madder-coloured tillandsia, Tillandsia rubida). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4588759: Capuchin variete - Blue nasturtium, Tropaeolum azureum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, London: Ridgeway, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4588763: Eagle and Fleche Constellations - Aquila and Sagitta constellations - The brightest star of this constellation is Altair. It is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It is the center of an almost perfect alignment of three stars and is located about 16 years - light from the Sun. Above the small constellation of the Fleche. Aquila (the Eagle) well represents a mythological bird that was the companion of Jupiter. It lies in the northern Milky Way and contans rich fields of stars particularly in the western half and into adjoining Scutum. The brightest star in the constellation is Altair (Arabic for flying eagle), which is at one corner of the Summer Triangle (Altair, Deneb and Vega). Sagitta (the Arrow) is the third smallest constellation in the sky, and although it contains no bright stars, was well known to the ancient Greeks. Its arrow seems directed through Vulpecula and Pegasus towards Andromeda, skirting Cygnus. These constellations are a little north of the celestial equator and can be seen from all inhabited parts of the planet. Best seen in the early evening in Augus / Bridgeman Images

PIX4583983: Inhabited mission to an asteroid - Artist's view - MMV begins descent to asteroid surface - An MMV, pilot by an astronaut, leaves his ship to descend to the surface of the asteroid. The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) should be able to take a crew of six astronauts to an asteroid, the Moon or to take men to Mars. Here, the vehicle is connected to an additional housing module for a duration of more than three months, as well as to a module for extravehicular outputs equipped with two MVs (Manned Maneuvering Vehicles). The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a spacecraft project currently being developed by Lockheed Martin for NASA. Based on specifications and tests already performed for the Orion spacecraft. It was announced by NASA on 24 May 2011. A Manned Maneuvering Vehicle (MMV) piloted by a single astronaut prepares to descend to the surface of a small asteroid / Bridgeman Images

FLO4584011: Collegiate variete - Bristling colletia, Collegia horrida (Collegia spinosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hooker's Botanical Magazine, London, 1838. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584039: Inhabited mission to an asteroid - Artist's view - Asteroid Lander EVA egress - Astronauts leave a spaceship on the surface of an asteroid. A pair of explorers in space suits exit an Asteroid Lander in preparation for exploring the asteroid's surface. The surface gravity is so low that in terms of moving about the experience is more akin to exploring the floor of an ocean than the airless surface of a celestial body. The explorers' space suits include miniaturized manned maneuvering units to, i.e., tiny reaction control thrusters, to propel them across the asteroid's surface / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584042: Space probe on an asteroid - Artist's view - Asteroid surface with probe - A space probe drills the ground of an asteroid while a meteorite hits the surface. An unmanned robotic probe drills into the surface of an asteroid as a meteorite strikes nearby creating a plume of super-heated plasma and dust. On the horizon is a milky white haze composed of fine asteroid dust suspended by electrostatic forces / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584046: Asteroids Families - Asteroids Families- Artwork - Artist's view of the different Asteroids families / Bridgeman Images

FLO4584065: Cactus variete Five cretes - Ladyfinger cactus, Echinocereus pentalophus (Five winged cereus cactus, somewhat jointed variety, Cereus pentalophus subarticulatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hooker's Botanical Magazine, London, 1838. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584090: A celeste body disloque - Artist view - Celestial body collapsed by tidal force - Artist vie / Bridgeman Images

FLO4584247: Peruvian daffodil, Ismene pedunculata (Mr McLean's amancaes, Ismene macleana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hooker's Botanical Magazine, London, 1838. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584320: Lactee and Magellan Clouds - Milky Way with Magellanic clouds - The Lactee Way and the Magellan Clouds. New Zealand. The Milky Way with Magellanic clouds. New Zealand / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584340: Lactee Way - Milky Way / Bridgeman Images