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PIX4580295: Circumpolar and Shooting Star - Circumpolar and Meteor - Circumpolar and meteor - A shooting star passes near the polar eoile. Photographic pose of 60 minutes obtained in April 1995. By pointing a camera towards the north at night, we can record the paths of stars which never set. They appear to circle the apparent position of the Earth's axis of rotation projected on the sky. On this 1 hour exposure, a shooting star appears near the pole star / Bridgeman Images
FLO4580313: Botanical board: conflore (toloman or red beacon or Napaul canna or Quemate of the Nawars, Canna speciosa or Indian canna, Canna indica) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell of an illustration by W. Herbert from “” Curtis's Botanical Magazine,””” Sherwood, Neely and Jones, London, 1822. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4580324: Fumeterre has a hollow root, with powdery purple flowers, native to Germany. Hollow rooted fumitory with dusty mauve flowers. A native of Germany. Fumaria cava. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine”” 1790-1800., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4580343: Star trainees above an old chapel - Star trails above an old chapel - Photographic pose on the constellation of Orion above the chapel of Languidou (Finistere). Orion is located exactly on Celestial Ecuador. The stars above the belt draw concave circular arches surrounding the north celestial pole while the stars under the belt draw convex arches surrounding the south celestial pole. 21/10/2007 Long exposure on the Orion constellation above the old chapel of Languidou (Finistere, France). Orion is located on the celestial equator. The stars above the Orion's Belt draw some concave arcs circling the North celestial Pole while the stars under the Belt draw some convex arcs circling the South celestial Pole. 21/10/200 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4580433: Circumpolar, Cathedrale St Thaddeus, Iran - Circumpolar above St Thaddeus cathedral, Iran - Long pose on the stars around the polar star. In the foreground, St Thaddeus Cathedral (north-western Iran). Long exposure image of stars around the pole star. Foreground is St Thaddeus cathedral, north - west of Iran / Bridgeman Images
FLO4580480: Tibuchina has large leaves - Silverleafed princess flower, Tibouchina heteromalla (Wooly leaved melastoma, Melastoma heteromalla). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after an illustration by John Curtis from Samuel Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,”” London, 1822. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4580501: Lane d'étoiles - Vie lactee - Star trails - Milky way and Jupiter - Trainee d'étoiles sur la voie lactee obtained on 13 August 2007 in Brittany. Jupiter (at the bottom of the picture) and the lactee path are reflected in the ocean. This 5 minutes exposure photo shows milky way and Jupiter (bottom of the image) reflecting in the ocean. August 13 2007 (Trevignon - France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4580575: Circumpolar over the castle of Puilaurens - Circumpolar over the castle of Puilaurens - Photographic pose showing the apparent rotation of stars around the polar star. Below, one of the walls of the Cathar castle of Puilaurens in the Aude. Long exposure showing the stars rotating around the pole star. Cathar castle of Puilaurens / Bridgeman Images
PIX4580625: Circumpolar at the Castle of Aguilar (11) - Circumpolar over the castle of Aguilar - Photographic pose showing the apparent rotation of stars around the polar star. Below is the Cathar castle of Aguilar in the Aude. Long exposure showing the stars rotating around the pole star. Cathar Castle of Aguilar / Bridgeman Images
PIX4581124: Queue d'étoiles - Moonset in the Warrumbungles - Photographic pose of several hours on the stars and the crescent moon. The picture here was made on one partially cloudy night at Siding Spring. In the foreground are the distinctive shapes of the Warrumbungle mountains in outback New South Wales. The exposure, on 400 ISO transparency film, was begun at the end of astronomical twilight, when the sun has descended 18 degrees below the horizon. There was a crescent moon and cloud around the south - western horizon. The exposure continued for several hours after the moon had set, and breaks in the star trails reveal that cloud had come and gone during the night / Bridgeman Images
FLO4581224: Blue Package, Felicie, Cape Margarita or Cape Aster - Blue daisy, Felicia amelloides (Blue-flowered cineraria or Cape aster, Cineraria amelloides) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards rom William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, London, 1793, Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4581236: Gooseberry - Myrtle pink, Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Woolly-leaved myrtle, Myrtus tomentosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards rom William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, London, 1793., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4581292: Coronilla bigaree - Purple crown vetch, Securigera varia (Purple coronilla, Coronilla varia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, London, 1794., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4581294: Circumpolar on the Church of Isluga in Chile - Circumpolar above Isluga church in Chile - Circumpolar on the Church of Isluga in Chile. A shooting star is also visible near the Celestial south pole. Circumpolar above Isluga church in Chile. A meteor is visible near the south celestial pole / Bridgeman Images
FLO4581306: Beautiful cist has bright yellow flowers decorated with crimson. Beautiful cistus with vivid yellow flowers decorated with crimson. Cistus formosus. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine”” 1790-1800., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4581361: Mutisia Speciosa from Brazil has beautiful pennees leaves. Illustration by William Jackson Hooker (1778-1847), British botanist and writer, professor at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and editor of the Botanical Magazine of 1827 a185. Swan engraving. Eau forte in Wiliam Curtis The Botanical magazine, 1826. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4581458: Description of the large dark chocolate flower of a Pecan tree plant, which produces edible nuts, pecan nuts. Plant native to South America. Illustration by Wiliam Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), British botanist and writer, professor at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1827 to 1865. Grave by Swan, Strong Water published in William Curtis's The Botanical Magazine, 1827. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4581484: Two palm trees of the Seychelles, male on the right and female on the left, producing fruits in the form of double coconut, called coconut buttocks. Illustration by Wiliam Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), British botanist and writer, professor at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1827 to 1865. Grave by Swan, strong water published in William Curtis's The Botanical Magazine, 1827. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4581489: Zodiacal light - Zodiacal light - The visible glow in the sky is called the zodiacal light. It comes from the reflection of the light of the Sun on the countless interplanetary dust; it draws the plan of the Solar System. 1 November 2006, Monts d'Arree (Finistere - France) The faint cone of light extending from the horizon along the ecliptic is known as zodiacal light. It comes from the reflexion of the sun's light off tiny interplanetary dust particles in the plane of the solar system. November 1st 2006, Monts d'Arree (Finistere - France) / Bridgeman Images