PIX4658777: Egypt Night View - Egypt at Night - Egypt at Night View from the International Space Station (ISS) on October 28, 2010. From 220 miles above Earth, one of the Expedition 25 crew members on the International Space Station took this night time photo featuring the bright lights of Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt on the Mediterranean coast. The Nile River and its delta stand out clearly as well. On the horizon, the airglow of the atmosphere is seen across the Mediterranean. The Sinai Peninsula, at right, is outlined with lights highlighting the Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba / Bridgeman Images
TEC4658853: The house Cassandre in Versailles (Les Yvelines). Construction 1924-1925, architects Auguste (1874-1954) and Gustave (1876-1952) Perret. Built for the poster designer Jean Marie Mouron, known as Cassandre, made of weapon concrete and featuring a large workshop overlooking the garden on the ground floor, it is located in a 19th century residential area, close to the railway station on the right bank and the villa Bomsel d'Andre Lurcat. Photography 10/06/88., Perret, Auguste (1874-1954) & Gustave (1876-1952) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4658925: The house Cassandre in Versailles (Les Yvelines). Construction 1924-1925, architects Auguste (1874-1954) and Gustave (1876-1952) Perret. Built for the poster designer Jean Marie Mouron, known as Cassandre, made of weapon concrete and featuring a large workshop overlooking the garden on the ground floor, it is located in a 19th century residential area, close to the railway station on the right bank and the villa Bomsel d'Andre Lurcat. Photography 10/06/88., Perret, Auguste (1874-1954) & Gustave (1876-1952) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4658993: Desert of Libya seen by Envisat 11 - 2004 - Libyan dunes fields seen by Envisat. - The desert of Libya observed by ENVISAT satellite on November 24, 2004. The image covers an area 672 km wide and shows the two huge dune fields located south-west of Libya in the Fezzan Desert. At the top of the picture, the Ubari erg (or Awbari) appears reddish. In the middle, Murzuk erg. This Envisat image shows two huge sand dune seas in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya, close to the border with Algeria. Most of the face of the Sahara desert stretching across Northern Africa is bare stone and pebbles rather than sand dunes, but there are exceptions - sprawling seas of multi - storey sand dunes known as 'ergs'. The Erg Ubari (also called Awbari) is the reddish sand sea towards the top of the image. A dark outcrop of Nubian sandstone separates the Erg Ubari sand from the Erg Murzuq (also called Murzuk) further south. A persistent high - pressure zone centred over Libya keeps the heart of the Sahara completely arid for years at a time, but research has discovered evidence of 'paleolakes' in this region associated with a wetter and more fertile past. Libya today has no permanent rivers or water bodies, but has various vast fossil aquifers. These natural underground basins hold enormous amounts of fresh water. Two decades ago an ambitious project called Great Man - Made River was begun, aimed at drawing water from the aquifers beneath the Fezzan region shown in the image, via a network of underground pipes for irrigation in the coastal belt. Upon completion the huge network of pipelines will extend to about 3,380 km. Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS), working in Full Resolution mode to provide a spatial resolution of 300 metres, acquired this image on 24 November 2004. It has a width of 672 kilometres / Bridgeman Images
PIX4659018: Betsiboka River Delta - Madagascar - - Betsiboka estuary, Madagascar, seen from space - Betsiboka River Delta seen from space shuttle Atlantis in July 2001. During the 20th Century Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island, experienced a tremendous reversal in the quantity of vegetative cover throughout the entire island. From an estimated 80 to 90 percent vegetation cover in 1900 to less than an estimated 10 percent by the year 2000, the rate of deforestation has been dramatic. This image, along with many other space - acquired images, documents the massive annual soil losses that have occurred during the last 30 years. Note the orange - brown sediment that is almost always being transported by the Betsiboka River and being deposited in the delta region. The sequence of images astronauts have taken over time, shows the sediment accumulating and forming islands in the estuary mouth / Bridgeman Images
PIX4658479: Jwaneng Diamond Mine - Botswana - Jwaneng diamond mine - Botswana: The Jwaneng Mine is an open pit diamond mine located in Botswana. Production began in 1982 and is described as the largest diamond mine in the world. Image taken from the International Space Station (ISS) on 30 June 2003. The Jwaneng diamond mine is the richest diamond mine in the world and is located in south-central Botswana. Astronaut photograph was acquired on June 30, 2003 from the International Space Station (ISS) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4658491: Canary Islands - Canary Islands: Canary Islands viewed by Terra satellite on 21 December 2011 - The Canary Islands are a group of seven large islands and several smaller islets, all volcanic in origin. The eastern edge of the chain lies only 100 kilometers from the coasts of Morocco and Western Sahara, and the chain stretches for about 500 kilometers across the Atlantic. All the islands are mountainous, and Tenerife, the central island in this image is home to Pico del Teide, the highest peak, which rises 12,198 feet (3,718 meters) above sea level - From east to west, the islands are named Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palmera and El Hierro. A bright swirl of peacock blue marks the ocean south of El Hierro, a stain on the sea from an ongoing eruption of a volcano under the waters / Bridgeman Images
TEC4658565: The Economic and Social Council, 1 avenue d'Iena in Paris 75016. Construction 1937-1946, architects Auguste (1874-1954) and Gustave (1876-1952) Perret. Originally, the Museum of Public Works was to be created for the 1937 Universal Exhibition on Chaillot Hill. In fact, its construction did not begin until January 1937. In 1939, the first rooms of the museum and the conference room were inaugurated. The museum will suffer delays due to the Second World War. This anthem to concrete has been home since 1959 to the Economic and Social Council, established by the 1958 Constitution promulgated by General de Gaulle. Interior architect Pierre Paulin signs the furniture of the hypostyle room. And Martial Raysse carries out the mosaics in the conference room., Perret, Auguste (1874-1954) & Gustave (1876-1952) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4659507: The United States district in Lyon (Rhone). Construction 1919-1934, architect Tony Garnier (1869-1948). Thanks to Edouard Herriot, mayor of Lyon since 1905, Tony Garnier, a Lyon architect, conceived the United States district as a miniature city, following the great socialist utopias of the 19th century. It is based on the principle of the gardens that were carried out at the same time in Europe and the United States. Renovation of the district took place from 1993 to 1998. Photography 1993., Garnier, Tony (1869-1948) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4659178: Sand tempete on the islands of Cape Verde - Dust storm over the Cape Verde islands - Sand tempete on the islands of Cape Verde observed on 22 June 2009 by the Terra satellite. The borders are added. Two dust plumes blow toward the southwest, one plume stretching possibly 150 kilometers (95 miles) off the coast, and the other plume forming an arc that reaches all the way to Cape Verde. Although this image shows dust immediately off the coast of West Africa, a layer of dust from storms such as this often travels virtually intact to the other side of the Atlantic. This layer of dry, hot, dusty air is called the Saharan Air Layer. Terra satellite took this natural - color picture on June 22, 2009. Borders have been added / Bridgeman Images
PIX4659236: Le Piton de la Fournaise, Ile de la Reunion - Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion island - Le Piton de la Fournaise seen by satellite EO - 1 on 16 January 2009. This shield volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Considered one of the world's most active volcanoes, Piton de la Fournaise occupies the east - southeastern end of Reunion Island in the western Indian Ocean. It is a shield volcano with a low, broad shape that resemble an ancient warrior shield. The volcano sports an 8 - kilometer - (5 - mile -) wide crater that slopes eastward to the coast. Within that crater sits a lava shield, Dolomieu, and most of Piton de la Fournaise's historic eruptions have occurred from the summit or flanks of Dolomieu. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on Nasa's Earth Observing - 1 satellite captured this image of Piton de la Fournaise on January 16, 2009. Dolomieu is the circular feature at the center of the large crater. Lava flows from earlier eruptions have left their marks around Dolomieu, in the form of dark rivulets of rock that head mostly eastward towards the shore. On the west side of Dolomieu, few dark rivers of rock appear, as most lava flows have curved towards the north or south. Little vegetation thrives near Dolomieu, but farther away from the lava shield, vegetation appears bright green / Bridgeman Images
PIX4659279: Sishen Mine - South Africa - Sishen Mine - Republic South Africa - The Sishen Iron Mine in South Africa seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on March 23, 2016. Sishen mine, seen from the international space station on March 23 2016. The Sishen mine is a large iron mine located in central South Africa in Kathu, Northern Cape. Sishen represents one of the largest iron ore reserves in South Africa and in the world / Bridgeman Images