PIX4662112: Dorygnathus - Dorygnathus at altitude - Flight of dorygnathus over a forest at the beginning of the Jurassic 180 million years ago. This pterosaur had a wingspan of about 1 metre. Like all pterosaurs, dorygnathus is a flying reptile, not a dinosaur. A flock of Dorygnathus soars high over a rugged, Early Jurassic European landscape of Wollemi Pine approximately 180 million years ago. Dorygnathus had a wing span of about 3 feet and its large, curved fangs suggests that it dined primarily on fish. Like all pterosaurs, Dorygnathus was a flying reptile, not a dinosaur (the flying descendents of the dinosaurs live on today as birds) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4636779: The Lactee Way and the Zodiac Light - The Lactee Way and the Zodiac Light - Venus Planet sets at the top of Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii. The bright glow that surrounds it is called the zodiacal light. Comprising of interplanetary dust, she draws the plane of the Solar System. To its right, the Lactee Way / Bridgeman Images
PIX4662151: Dimorphodon on the beach - Dimorphodons on the edge of the ancient ocean Tethys. Dimorphodon (Dimorphodon macronyx) is a pterosaur belonging to the family dimorphodontidae and living in the lower Jurassic, between 200 and 180 million years. He had a beak like a puffin. The dimorphodon was about 1 metre long, with a wingspan of 1.4 metres. Winged Dimorphodon pluck fish from the Early-Jurassic Tethys Ocean 195 million years ago in what it is today England. While Dimorphodon's coloration is unknown, here the adult males have been given colorful heads inspired by modern day puffins and toucans. Dimorphodon was a medium-sized pterosaur (flying reptile) with a wingspan of about four feet and a large head and puffin-like “” beak.”” Its long front teeth suggest that it was built for plucking fish from near the surface of the water. Dimorphodon also had a long tail, the end of which is speculated to have sported a soft tissue vane for enhanced stability during flight / Bridgeman Images
PIX4637152: Autumn lactee route - Pointe du Raz - Autumn Milky way - Pointe du Raz - The lactee route above Notre Dame des Shipwrecks, Pointe du Raz. Brittany, 27 September 2008. Milky Way above the statue dedicated to “” Our Lady of the Shipwrecks”””. The zodiacal band is visible under the aspect of a fuzzy and pale band extending from the top of the statue to the upper right. A the top of the picture is the powerful lighthouse of the Sein Island. at Pointe du Raz, the western tip of France. Brittany, 27 September 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4637219: Lactee route - Pointe du Raz - Milky Way - Pointe du Raz - The Great Bear is almost entirely masked by the semaphore tower at Pointe du Raz. The “Two Guards” located on the right of the tower point towards the Polar Star, vertical of the antenna. Higher, our eye cuts the lactee path near the zenith. As we descend towards the southern horizon, we can see the Great Galaxy of Andromede and that of the Triangle. Brittany, 27 September 2008. The Big Dipper is almost completely masked by the tower of the semaphore. Its two stars on the right are pointing towards the star Polaris, at the vertical of the antenna. Higher, our eye cross the Milky Way near the zenith. Then, descending towards the South, we can see the Great Andromeda Galaxy and the Triangulum Galaxy. Pointe du Raz, Brittany, 27 September 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4637471: Lactee and Summer Triangle - Summer triangle and Milky way - Summer lactee route with summer triangle consists of the stars Deneb du Swan, Vega de la Lyre and Altair de l'Aigle. Lesconil, Finistere. Summer Milky way seen in Brittany. The bright stars are from top to bottom Deneb, Vega and Altair which form the summer triangle / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656621: Paranal Observatory - Chile - Photomontage View of the VLT, Very Large Telescope, consists of 4 main telescopes of 8.2m in diameter. Located in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, at an altitude of 2,635 meters, it studies the sky in wavelengths ranging from ultraviolet to infrared / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656676: Paranal Observatory - Chile - 2001 - View of the VLT, Very Large Telescope, consists of 4 main telescopes of 8.2m in diameter. From left to right, the telescopes ANTU, Kueyen, MELIPAL and YEPUN. Located in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, at an altitude of 2,635 meters, it studies the sky in wavelengths ranging from ultraviolet to infrared / Bridgeman Images