PIX4666751: Malta view by satellite - Malta seen from satellite - Malta seen by satellite EO - 1 on 12 August 2009. Malta, an independent republic, consists of a small group of islands located in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily, with a total area of 316 square kilometers. The capital and leading port of the country is Valletta, which appears as a gray patch around the two deep inlets on Malta's northern coastline. This natural - color image was acquired on August 12 2009, by the EO - 1 satellite / Bridgeman Images
PIX4635846: The center of our galaxy, the Lactee Way - The center of our galaxy, the milky way - The central region of our galaxy, the Lactee Way, photographed from Chile. This wide field image shows the Galactic Center region in the Milky Way. It is a very rich region of the sky, and is located in the constellations of Scorpius and Sagittarius. Among the zones and objects of interest on this image are: the colourful Antares region, the Baade window region, the Lagoon Nebula region with, just above it, the Trifid Nebula. The large and dark Pipe Nebula sits in the middle of this field / Bridgeman Images
PIX4635908: Milky Way and Echinopsis Atacamensis - These cacti are Echinopsis Atacamensis between 6 and 8 metres high. In the background, the lactee track. Near the horizon, the planet Jupiter. San Pedro de Atacama Region, Chile. June 2008. The 3 cacti on the image are Echinopsis Atacamensis / Bridgeman Images