PIX4632316: La terre vue par satellite en October 2004 - Mosaic of satellite data taken from a NASA sensor called the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) that flies board NASA's Terra satellite / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632360: Earth by satellite - Earth by satellite - Bathymetric and topographic map of the Earth. February month. Planisphere showing Earth in February / Bridgeman Images

FLO4632361: English actress Rose Marie Cizos or Rose Cheri in Irene ou Le Magnetisme by Eugene Scribe and Lockroy, Theatre du Gymnasium Dramatique, 1847. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1847. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4632371: Mademoiselle Payre as Beppe in the verse drama Karel Dujardin by the Marquis de Belloy, Theatre de l'Odeon, 1843. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632384: Bathymetric and Topographic Map of the Earth. - Bathymetric and Topographic Map of the Earth. - Bathymetric and Topographic Map of the Earth. Image made from radar data. The topography of the seabed was obtained from boat surveys, as well as from data obtained from ERS-1, ERS-2 and Geosat satellites. Altimetric data on the continents come from observations from the ERS-1 satellite. The color code is shown at the bottom of the image: from purple (- 8000m) to white (+ 3000m to+8000m); green 0 to 400 meters altitude / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632392: Earth by satellite: the four seasons - Earth by satellite - The four seasons - The Earth seen from top to bottom, in March 2004, June 2004, September 2004 and December 2004. These images show seasonal changes on the surface of the planet (except for poles). Bathymetric and topographic maps of the Earth based on data obtained from the Terra satellite and its MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instrument. Earth from top to bottom in March 2004, June 2004, September 2004 and December 2004. These images show the seasonal changes on earth surface (except for North and South poles). Image made with datas from MODIS instrument on Terra satellite / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632398: The Earth seen by the Envisat satellite - Mosaic of images obtained by the MERIS instrument on the European Envisat satellite / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632404: Earth: Mean concentration of chlorophyll - Global Chlorophyll - Map of the mean concentration of chlorophyll observed by satellite between 1997 and 2003. This image is the average ocean chlorophyll concentration measured by SeaWIFS between 1997 and 2003 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632435: Earth seen by the Envisat satellite - Vegetation map - Mosaic of images obtained by the European Envisat satellite. Dark brown indicates lack of vegetation, green darts abundant vegetation / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632459: Earth seen at night - Earth seen at night - Earth centred on Australia observed at night by satellite / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632500: Terre de nuit - Pole Nord - Earth at night - North Pole - Earth centree on the North Pole observed at night by satellite. The Earth with city lights seen from satellite, centered on North Pole / Bridgeman Images

FLO4632504: English actor and writer Frederic Lemaitre or Antoine Louis Prosper Lemaitre in Le Chiffonnier de Paris, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1846. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1846. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632538: Earth - Day and Night - South America - Earth - Day and night - South America - Composite of two images of the Earth, entirely illuminated by the Sun, and of the Earth entirely in darkness, showing the light of inhabited areas. This image of the Earth is a composite of two data images - one of the globe fully illuminated by the Sun, and one of the globe in full darkness, showing only the city lights of inhabited areas / Bridgeman Images

FLO4632552: English ballet dancer in La Belle aux Hair d'Or by the Cogniard brothers, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1847. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1847. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4632567: English actor Matis as Charmoulu in Les Paysans, l'Ambigu Comique, 1847. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1847. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4632601: Opera singer Anna Thillon as Coriali in Cagliostro, Act I, II, by Eugene Scribe, Theatre Royal de l'Opera Comique, 1843. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632636: Comets have the origin of life on Earth - Comets bring life on Earth - An artist's view of the Earth bombed by comets 4 billion years ago. Comets may have brought the molecules necessary for the appearance of life on Earth. The Moon at that time was much closer to Earth than today. Impacting comets may have brought life to the early Earth. 4 billion years ago, Moon was closer than today / Bridgeman Images

FLO4632651: Ballet dancer Adele Dumilatre in Lady Henriette by Mazilier, Act I and III, Academy Royale de Musique, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1844. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632660: Life on Earth: the Sun and Comets - Life on Earth: Sun and Comets - All living organisms on Earth are exclusively left amino acids. The origin of life homochiralite, the asymmetry present in amine acids, could be derived from solar radiation distruding the right amino acids accumulated on comets during the formation of the solar system. Life on Earth is made of left handed amino acids, almost exclusively. The origin of biomolecular homochirality could come from the sun light destroying right handed amino acids in comets during the formation of solar system / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632668: Earth seen at night - 2012 - City Lights 2012 - Earth observed at night by satellite. Composite image obtained by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. Composite image of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East at night assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4632676: Etienne Melingue and Fernand in Les Amans de Murcie by Frederic Soulie, Theatre de l'Ambigu, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4632695: Opera singer Henri as Bolbaya in La Sirene by Daniel Auber and Eugene Scribe, Theatre Royal de l'Opera Comique, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4632717: Soprano opera singer Miss Zoe Prevost as Mathea in La Sirene by Daniel Auber and Eugene Scribe, Theatre Royal de l'Opera Comique, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632734: Moon Sunrise on Early Earth - Moon Sunrise on Early Earth - Artist's view of Earth about 4 billion years ago when the Earth began to cool. Seas formed in the impact basins. The Moon at the time was much closer than today, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632742: The First Life Forms on Earth - Eoarchean Earth - 3.8 billion years ago, 770 million years after the formation of the Earth, the first life forms appeared as a unicellular organism. Bacteries and archeobacteries (archaea) began to populate the Earth's surface while the atmosphere was still filled with volcanic gases and probably without oxygen. In this illustration, these micro-organisms came out of the ocean to attach themselves to the rock remains of a caldera, bringing colour to this monochrome landscape. 770 million years after the formation of the Earth - - 3.8 billion years ago - - the first life may have appeared in the form of simple, single - celled organisms. Bacteria and archaea may have even found a way to populate the otherwise sterile and inhospitable surface. The atmosphere would likely have consisted solely of gases vented by volcanoes: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen, methane, hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and water vapor. In this image, a variety of single - celled organisms have ventured out of the ocean and onto the rocky remains of two volcanic calderas, adding color to an otherwise bleak and monochromatic landscape. While the lack of breathable oxygen would be anathema to complex life forms like ourselves, this primitive atmosphere was a rich source of sustenance for these terrestrial vanguards / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632781: Ichthyostega & Rhacophyton - An Ichthyostega emerge water 365 million years ago to the upper Devonian. Half-fish, half-terrestrial animal, the Ichthyostega was about 1 metre long. On the left, one of the first species of fern, Rhacophyton ceratangium. A Late Devonian Ichthyostega emerges from waters of a floodplain 365 million years ago in what is today the Canadian Arctic. On the left is a four - foot - tall Rhacophyton ceratangium, an ancient shrub that is thought to be one of the earliest ferns. On the horizon are more Rhacophyton, along with towering Archaeopteris and Lycopsids in various stages of growth / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632814: Ichthyostega - View of an Ichthyostega 365 million years ago at the upper Devonian. Half-fish, half-terrestrial animal, the Ichthyostega was about 1 metre long. On the left, one of the first species of fern, Rhacophyton ceratangium. In the foreground, prehistoric arthropods (diplopods and cockroaches). A close - up of a three foot long Late Devonian Ichthyostega 365 million years ago in what is today the Canadian Arctic. Flanking the Ichthyostega are Rhacophyton ceratangium, ancient shrubs that are thought to be one of the earliest ferns. The reddish fruit - like nodules attached to the fronds on the right are sporangia, enclosures in which spores are formed. The large tree - like trunk on the far left is the base of a young Archaeopteris. In the foreground are prehistoric arthropods - - a millipede on the left and on the right cockroaches on trunk of a decaying Lycopsid. Arthropods had been walking the Earth for 40 million years before vertebrates like Ichthyostega began venturing ashore. Ichthyostega was one of the earliest tetrapods, a descendent of lobe - finned fishes and ancestor of amphibians. Ichthyostega had lungs and seven - toed limbs that allowed it to move about the shallow waters and shores of swamps and floodplains. It was among the first terrestrial vertebrates / Bridgeman Images

PIX4634712: Uranus and three satellites seen by Voyager 2 - Image obtained by the Voyager 2 probe in January 1986 showing the planet Uranus accompanied by the satellites Ariel (top right), Miranda (closest to the planet) and Umbriel (bottom left). This Voyager photograph of Uranus taken in january 1986 is a composite of for images taken by the narrow angle camera. At this range, clouds and other features in the atmosphere as small as 1,370 km. could be detected by Voyager 2. Yet, no such features are visible. This view is toward the illuminated south pole of Uranus. The predominant blue color is the result of atmospheric methane, which absorbs the red wavelengths from incoming sunlight. The spot at the upper left edge of the planet's disk reulted from the removal of a network mark used in making measurments on the photograph. Three of Uranus' five known satellites are visible; Miranda (at far right, closest to the planet), Ariel (next out, at top), and Umbriel (lower left). Titania and Oberon are now outside the narrow angle camera's field of view when it centered on the planet. This color composite was made from images taken through blue, green, orange, and clear filters / Bridgeman Images

FLO4634725: Residents of the Aleutian Islands (Alaska, USA), inhabitants of the Kourile Islands (Japan) in hunting suit and hunter of Fox Island (Alaska, USA). Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Inhabitants of the Aleutian, Kuril and Fuchs islands. Alut men in hunting clothes, Ainu man and woman of Kuril, and a Fuchs islander in hunting garb. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4634735: Miranda satellite d'Uranus - Miranda satellite seen by the Voyager 2 probe on January 24, 1986. With a diameter of 480 km, it is the smallest of the five main satellites of Uranus. Mosaic of several images / Bridgeman Images

FLO4634758: Egyptian costumes: turban riders and tunics. Underneath, women in burqa and a woman of harem has the elaboree headdress, wearing an embroidered coat and puffy pants. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Afrique” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Egyptian riders wearing turbans and robes, Egyptian women and a girl in burqa, and a woman from a harem in elaborate headdress and coat over embroidered harem pants. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4634759: Some Egyptian hieroglyphs and mummy in her urn as well as sarcophagus. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Afrique” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Examples of Egyptian hieroglyphs and writing on papyrus, an embalmed mummy in an urn, a mummy in its coffin and coffin lid. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4634775: Scene of the festival of Isis, ancient Egypt: scene with priests, musicians and dancers performing the ritual in front of the sacred fire. Below, the priests making sacrificial offerings before an assembly of faithful. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Afrique” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Festivals of Isis in ancient Egypt. Above, priests, musicians and dancers perform a ritual before a sacred flame, and below, priests make sacrificial offerings before a crowd of worshippers. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4634793: Temple and pyramids on Lake Qarun, near the oasis of Fayoum (Egypt). Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Afrique” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Temple and pyramids on Lake Karun (Moeris) in El Faiyum, north Egypt. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4634810: The double wall of the temple of Kom Ombo (Egypt), beginning 2nd century BC. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Afrique” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Double temple of Kom Ombo (Ombos) in ancient Egypt with papyrus shaped columns built by Ptolemy VI Philometer. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4634813: Uranus and its satellite Puck - Illustration - Uranus and Puck - Illustration - Planet Uranus with its Puck satellite in the foreground. On the right, closer to the planet, is the Belinda satellite. Even closer to Uranus, on the left, the Portia satellite. On Uranus, a giant storm is represented. This is how Uranus and its tiny satellite Puck might look from a position in space about a thousand miles above and beyond Puck itself. With a diameter of about 100 miles, Puck is the largest and outermost of the ten known “” inner”” satellites that orbit Uranus within a radius of 51 thousand miles. Further in toward Uranus on the right is Belinda, a satellite that is about 40 miles in diameter. Even closer to Uranus on the far left is the 60 - mile - diameter satellite Portia. On Uranus itself can be seen a giant, cyclonic storm that's almost as big as the Earth / Bridgeman Images