PIX4616448: Martian dune erosion - Mars: Disappearing and Shrinking Dome Dunes - Dune sur Mars photographed by the HIRISE camera of the Mars Reconnaissance probe orbiting on January 30, 2008. HIRISE is a 50 cm telescope that observes visible and near infrared. This false - color image from the HIRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera on Mars Recognition Orbiter was taken on January 30, 2008 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4616461: Swamp cyrilla, Cyrilla racemiflora. Handcoloured stipple engraving by De Gouy after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Moncel's Treat des Arbres et Shrustes, Paris, 1804-1819., Redouté, Pierre Joseph (1759-1840) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4616481: Japanese allspice, Chimonanthus praecox (Calycanthus praecox). Handcoloured stipple engraving by Moret after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Moncel's Treat des Arbres et Shrustes, Paris, 1804-1819., Redouté, Pierre Joseph (1759-1840) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4616511: Lime tree, Tilia rotundifolia. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Moret after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Moncel's Treat des Arbres et Shrustes, Paris, 1804-1819., Redouté, Pierre Joseph (1759-1840) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4616550: Carob tree or locust bean, Ceratonia siliqua. Handcoloured stipple engraving by Mixelle l'aine after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Moncel's Treat des Arbres et Shrustes, Paris, 1804-1819., Redouté, Pierre Joseph (1759-1840) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4616562: Malachodendron pentagynum (Stewartia or Stuartia pentagyna). Handcoloured stipple engraving after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau's Treat des Arbres et Shrustes, Paris, 1804-1819., Redouté, Pierre Joseph (1759-1840) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4616592: March - Satellite Phobos - Martian moon Phobos - View of the satellite Phobos obtained on March 23, 2008 at a distance of 5800 km from the satellite / Bridgeman Images

PIX4616660: The Phoenix probe on its landing site - Phoenix landing site, cylindrical projection - Mosaic of images in cylindrical projection showing the Phoenix probe placed on Mars. The location of the ground through the probe arm is visible in the right part of the image. The probe landed on a vast plain north of the planet in the Vastitas Borealis region on 25 May 2008. She took and analyzed samples of Martian soil and confirmed the presence of water on Mars. This view combines more than 400 images taken during the first several weeks after Nasa's Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on an arctic plain at 62.22 degrees north latitude, 234.25 degrees east longitude on Mars. The full - circle panorama in approximately true color shows the polygonal patterning of ground at the landing area, similar to patterns in permafrost areas on Earth. The center of the image is the westward part of the scene. Trenches where Phoenix's robotic arm has been exposing subsurface material are visible in the right half of the image. The spacecraft's meteorology mast, topped by the telltale wind gauge, extends into the sky portion of the panorama. This view includes more than 100 different camera pointings, with images taken through three different filters at each pointing. It is presented here as a cylindrical projection / Bridgeman Images

FLO4616664: Portrait of two Spanish artists, 17th century, based on a painting by Diego Velasquez (1599-1660), from the Musee du Louvre - Lithography based on an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard (1825-1902), from “” Costumes historiques des 16th, 17th and 18th century” by Georges Duplessis (1834-1899), edition 1867, Velazquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y (1599-1660) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4616671: The Phoenix probe on its landing site - Phoenix landing site - Mosaic of images in vertical projection showing the Phoenix probe placed on Martian soil. The black circle corresponds to the position of the probe camera. The hundreds of clicks needed to make this image were taken between June 5 and July 12, 2008. Phoenix landed on a vast plain north of Mars, in the Vastitas Borealis region. This view is a vertical projection that combines hundreds exposures taken by the Surface Stereo Imager camera on Nasa's Mars Phoenix Lander and projects them as if looking down from above. The black circle on the spacecraft is where the camera itself is mounted on the lander, out of view in images taken by the camera. North is toward the top of the image. The height of the lander's meteorology mast, extending towards the southwest, appears exaggerated because that mast is taller than the camera mast. This view is in approximately true color. The landing site is at 68.22 degrees north latitude, 234.25 degrees east longitude on Mars. The ground surface around the lander has polygonal patterning similar to patterns in permafrost areas on Earth. The images were taken throughout the period from the 13th Martian day, or sol, after landing to the 47th sol (June 5 through July 12, 2008) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4616688: Piquier of French Flanders, 17th century - Lithography based on an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard (1825-1902), from “Costumes historiques des 16e, 17th et 18th century” by Georges Duplessis (1834-1899), edition 1867, Lechevallier-Chevignard, Edmond (1825-1902) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4616694: Woman of the Dutch bourgeois and a page, 17th century, from a painting by Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667) - Lithography from an illustration by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard (1825-1902), from “Costumes historiques des 16th, 17th and 18th century” by Georges Duplessis (1834-1899), edition 1867, Lechevallier-Chevignard, Edmond (1825-1902) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4616696: The Phoenix probe on its landing site - Phoenix landing site - Mosaic of polar projection images showing the Phoenix probe placed on Martian soil. The black circle corresponds to the position of the probe camera. The hundreds of clicks needed to make this image were taken between June 5 and July 12, 2008. Phoenix landed on a vast plain north of Mars, in the Vastitas Borealis region. This view is a polar projection that combines more than 500 exposures taken by the Surface Stereo Imager camera on Nasa's Mars Phoenix Lander and projects them as if looking down from above. The black circle on the spacecraft is where the camera itself is mounted on the lander, out of view in images taken by the camera. North is toward the top of the image. The lander's meteorology mast extends above the southwest horzon and is topped by the telltale wind gauge. The ground surface around the lander has polygonal patterning similar to patterns in permafrost areas on Earth. The landing site is at 68.22 degrees north latitude, 234.25 degrees east longitude on Mars. This view in approximately true color includes more than 100 different Stereo Surface Imager pointings, with images taken through three different filters at each pointing. The images were taken throughout the period from the 13th Martian day, or sol, after landing to the 47th sol (June 5 through July 12, 2008) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4614891: Opposition de Mars en 2005 - Mars opposition in 2005 - Different views of Mars obtained during its opposition in 2005. Planet Mars images taken during its opposition in 2005 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4614895: Cruel elves holding on to a cricket's leg. Handcoloured woodblock print by Edmund Evans after an illustration by Richard Doyle from In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World, Longman, London, 1870. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4614903: An elf kisses a fairy princess 'hair after serenading her on a lute by moonlight. Handcoloured woodblock print by Edmund Evans after an illustration by Richard Doyle from In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World, Longman, London, 1870. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4614936: Wood elves and fairies at play. Handcoloured woodblock print by Edmund Evans after an illustration by Richard Doyle from In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World, Longman, London, 1870. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4614939: A baby elf in a bird's nest surrounded by angry birds and hummingbirds. Handcoloured woodblock print by Edmund Evans after an illustration by Richard Doyle from In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World, Longman, London, 1870. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4614940: Mars seen by the Hubble Space Telescope - 1997 - Images obtained on March 30, 1997. Between each image, Mars rotated 90 degrees. At the top left, the image is centered on Ares Vallis, the or Mars Pathfinder landed on July 4, 1997. At the top right you can see Valles Marineris and the volcanoes of Tharsis. Lower left, Cerberus and Elysium region, lower right, Syris Major / Bridgeman Images

PIX4614949: Mars seen by the Hubble Space Telescope - 1999 - Images obtained between 27 April and 6 May 1999 during the opposition of Mars when the planet was only 87 million km away from Earth. Between each image, Mars rotated 90 degrees. At the top left, the image is centered on Ares Vallis, the or Mars Pathfinder landed on July 4, 1997. At the top right you can see Valles Marineris and the volcanoes of Tharsis. Lower left, Cerberus and Elysium region, lower right, Syris Major / Bridgeman Images

FLO4614966: Elves and fairies playing and feasting on a fuchsia plant with butterflies. Handcoloured woodblock print by Edmund Evans after an illustration by Richard Doyle from In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World, Longman, London, 1870. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4614997: Mars seen by the Hubble Space Telescope - 2016 - Mars in opposition 2016 - Image obtained on 12 May 2016 a few days before the opposition of Mars when the planet was only 80 million km away from Earth. This image shows planet Mars, as it was observed shortly before opposition in 2016, taken when the planet was 50 million miles from Earth on May 12, 2016. by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The photo reveals details as small as 20 miles to 30 miles across. This observation was made just a few days before March opposition on May 22, when the sun and Mars will be on exact opposite sides of Earth. Mars also will be 47.4 million miles from Earth. On May 30, Mars will be the closest it has been to Earth in 11 years, at a distance of 46.8 million miles. Some prominent features of the planet are clearly visible: the ancient and inactive shield volcano Syrtis Major; the bright and oval Hellas Planitia basin; the heavily eroded Arabia Terra in the centre of the image; the dark features of Sinus Sabaeous and Sinus Meridiani along the equator; and the small southern polar cap / Bridgeman Images

FLO4615016: Strigocossus crassa moth 1, small verdant hawk, Basiothia medea 2, and Horama plumipes moth 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4615043: Otroeda cafra moth 1 and Otroeda nerina moth 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4615047: White-banded palla butterfly, Palla decius, upper side 1, under side 2, common green charaxes, Charaxes eupale 3, and African map butterfly, Cyrestis camillus 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4615068: Mars - Sirtis Major - Mosaic of 100 images obtained by the Viking probe 1. This image, deformed by a fish-eye effect, shows Syrtis Major (the large dark area in the right centre) and the Hellas Basin (to the south), an impact crater 1400 km in diameter and 6 km deep / Bridgeman Images

PIX4615071: Mars - Sirtis Major - Mosaic of 100 images obtained by the Viking probe 1. This image shows Syrtis Major (the large dark area in the right centre) and the Hellas Basin (to the south), an impact crater 1400 km in diameter and 6 km deep / Bridgeman Images

FLO4615075: Scarce forest emperor or savannah charaxes, Charaxes etesipe Nymphalis (Charaxes) etesipe, upper side and under side. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4615093: March - March by Viking probes. Mosaic of about 1000 images. Resolution: 1km/pixe / Bridgeman Images

FLO4615096: Pied piper butterfly, Eurytela hiarbas 1,2, green false acraea, Pseudacraea semire 3,4, and forest admiral, Antanartia delius 5,6, upper side and under side. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4615099: Mars - Atmosphere - View of Mars Planet with Argyre Basin, obtained by the Viking 1 probe in July 1976. Argyre measures 1300 km in diameter and is the second largest impact crater on Mars, after Hellas Planitia. The Argyre impact basin in the southern highlands of Mars. The basin, which is approximately 1,300 kilometers in diameter, was formed about 4 billion years ago during the Heavy Bombardment Period of the early Solar System when an asteroid or comet roughly 50 kilometers across impacted Mars. Argyre is believed to be the second - largest impact basin on Mars after Hellas Planitia and may be one of the best preserved ancient impact basins from the Heavy Bombardment Period / Bridgeman Images

FLO4615105: Morpho butterfly, Morpho laertes 1, and hydaspes eighty-eight or little callicore, Callicore hydaspes 2,3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4615181: March: 1st photo of the surface - 1st photo of the surface of Mars obtained by the Viking 1 probe on 20 July 1976 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4615196: Lobobobunaea phaedusa moth, under side. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's “” Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,”” Bohn, London, 1837. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4615205: March: Viking 2 - Utopia Planitia - The Viking 2 probe landed on March 3, 1976 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4615220: Mars: Martian face in the region of Cydonia - Image obtained on 8 April 2001 by the Mars Global Surveyor probe 450 km from Mars. This mound extends about 3.6 km long / Bridgeman Images