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FLO4596359: The big purple Bedding. Bindweed or morning glory, Convolvulus species. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4596431: Adonide of the Alps. Pheasant's eye or spring adonis, Adonis vernalis. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4595786: Blue-Headed Loriquet or Rainbow Swainson's Loriquet - Rainbow lorikeet, Trichoglossus haematodus. (Blue-bellied parrot, Psittacus haematodus, of New South Wales.) In the possession of Marmaduke Tunstall, brought by Joseph Banks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595827: Apollo 11: le module de commande - The Apollo 11 Command/Service modules seen from LM - Le module de commande d'Apollo 11 vu du LEM. 20/07/1969. The Apollo 11 Command/Service modules are photographed from the Lunar Module in lunar orbit during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The lunar surface below is in north central Sea of Fertility. The coordinates of the center of the picture are 51 degrees east longitude and 1 degree north latitude. About half of the crater Taruntius G is visible in the lower left corner of the picture. Part of Taruntius H can be seen at lower right. 1969/07/2 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595846: Apollo 11: the command module and the Moon - The Apollo 11 Command/Service modules seen from LM - The command module of Apollo 11 Columbia seen from the LEM. 20/07/1969. The Apollo 11 Command and Service Modules (CSM) (tiny dot near quarter sized crater, center), with astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, aboard. The view overlooking the western Sea of Tranquility was photographed from the Lunar Module (LM). Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, manned the LM and made their historic lunar landing on July 20, 1969. Coordinates of the center of the terrain in the photograph are 18.5 degrees longitude and.5 degrees north latitude / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595856: Apollo 11: Sea of Tranquility - Apollo 11: Sea of Tranquility - Apollo 11 07/69 - The shadow of the control module on the Moon, the Maskelyne crater is visible at the bottom of the picture. 20/07/1969. The approach to Apollo Landing Site 2 in southwestern Sea of Tranquility is seen in this photograph taken from the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) in lunar orbit. When this picture was made, the LM was still docked to the Command and Service Modules. Site 2 is located just right of center at the edge of darkness. The crater Maskelyne is the large one at the lower right. Hypatia Rille (U.S.1) is at upper left, with the crater Moltke just to the right (north) of it. Sidewinder Rille and Diamondback Rille extend from left to right across the center of the picture. This view looks generally west / Bridgeman Images
FLO4595937: Ixia has flesh-colored flowers. Spotted African corn lily, Ixia maculata, with stag beetle. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4595962: The Imperial Crown of the Great Species. Crown imperial, Fritillaria imperialis. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4595991: The Ellebore has rosaceous flowers. Pink flowered hellebore, Helleborus species. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596021: Apollo 11: detail on the Lem probe - Apollo 11: close - up of the Lem's footpad with the probe - Detail of one of the feet of the Lem and the contact probe (partially hidden in the lunar ground). 20/07/1969. This is a close - up of the Lem's north footpad, showing the buried probe / Bridgeman Images
FLO4596035: Cape Ixia has yellow flowers and incarnate flowers. Corn lily, Ixia species. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597551: Apollo 16: J. Young drives the LRV - Apollo 16: John Young driving the LRV - John Young driving the lunar jeep (Lunar Rover Vehicle). 23/04/1972. (23 April 1972) The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) gets a speed workout by astronaut John W. Young in the “” Grand Prix”” run during the third Apollo 16 Extravehicular Activity (EVA 3) at the Descartes landing site. This view is a frame from motion picture film exposed by a 16 mm Maurer camera held by astronaut Charles M. Duke, Jr. While Astronaut's Young, commander, and Duke, lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) “” Orion””” to explore the Descartes highlands region of the Moon, astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) “” Casper””” in lunar orbit / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597610: Apollo 16: camera and LEM - Apollo 16: on board the Lunar Rover Vehicle - Camera de la Jeep et le LEM en background. 23/04/1972. Traverse from Station 13 to 10 Prime, showing the LM. Good view of the darkened Rover tracks heading west towards the ALSEP site and south towards Station 4 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4597640: Common nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos, and goldcrest, Regulus regulus, on ivy leaves, Hedera helix. Cinereous it, Parus cinereus, and great it, Parus major, on a holly bush, Ilex aquifolium. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Fournier after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's “New Edition of the Complete Works of Buffon,”” Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1837. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597666: Apollo 16: Earth rise and control module - Apollo 16: Earthrise and command module - The control module of Apollo 16 in orbit, seen from the LEM, visible on the left horizon of the Earth. 21/04/1972. Pre - landing photo of Earthrise, with the Command Module visible just above the lunar horizon to the left of Earth / Bridgeman Images