PIX4671634: Noctulescent clouds - Noctilucent clouds - Noctilucent clouds, very high altitude clouds, photographs in July 2009 in Russia. These rare clouds are called noctilucent or “” night shining” as they seem to glow in the dark. They are caused by ice crystals at about 80 km altitude. These crystals reflect sunlight when the sun is well below the horizon. They are properly known as polar mesospheric clouds and are under intense study as it remains a mystery as to how they are formed. Image taken in july 2009 in Russia / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671655: Noctilucent clouds in Brittany - Noctilucent clouds in Brittany - Noctulescent clouds, very high altitude clouds, very rarely visible in France, photographs on 24 June 2009 in Ploumanac'h (Cotes d'Armor). These high altitude clouds are usually seen in summer months but nearer the poles than France. Ploumanac'h (Cotes d'Armor), Brittany, June 24 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671692: Halo around the Moon - Lunar Halo - This halo is due to the light of the Moon reflected by high-altitude clouds, cirrostratus, composed of ice crystals. They bend the light and cause a perfect circle around the Moon. This 22-degree lunar halo is quite contrasting and colourful, although the Moon is not Full (three days after the Full Moon). October 2, 2004. Lunar halos are caused by moonlight being refracted by cirro - stratus clouds. These thin clouds are located very high in the atmosphere, and are composed of ice crystals. This 22 degrees lunar halo is rather contrasted, although the Moon was not Full (three days after the full moon). 2 October 2004 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671707: Halo around the Moon - Lunar halo - This halo is due to the light of the full moon reflected by high-altitude clouds, cirrostratus, composed of ice crystals. They bend the light and cause a perfect circle around the Moon. Image obtained on February 8, 2009. Lunar halos are caused by moonlight being refracted by cirro - stratus clouds. These thin clouds are located very high in the atmosphere, and are composed of ice crystals. They bend light at a 22 degree angle, which creates a halo that is 44 degrees in diameter. February 8 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671727: Halo around the Moon - Lunar Halo - Halo around the Moon observes a few hours before the full Moon on January 10, 2009. The paper pencil-shaped ice crystals present in the cirrus form the lunar light (in fact, the solar light reflected by the lunar surface) as small prisms and can give birth to this large coloured circle (red inside and blue outside). Lunar halos are caused by moonlight being refracted by cirro - stratus clouds. These thin clouds are located very high in the atmosphere, and are composed of ice crystals. They bend light at a 22 degree angle, which creates a halo that is 44 degrees in diameter. January 10 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671730: Lunar Halo - Lunar Halo - Lunar Halo. The ice crystals in the cirrus decompose the lunar light (in fact, the solar light reflected by the lunar surface) as small prisms and can give rise to a large coloured circle. Lunar halos are caused by moonlight being refracted by cirro - stratus clouds. These thin clouds are located very high in the atmosphere, and are composed of ice crystals. They bend light at a 22 degree angle, which creates a halo that is 44 degrees in diameter / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671738: Hat a l'Iphigenie, a pouf in white gauze with flowers inspired by the 1779 opera by Gluck, and hat a la Colette, straw hat decorated with ribbons. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671747: Woman on a horse with whip and silver spurs, delivering a lecture on magnetism with a magnet and iron dish, accompanied by a drummer. Entertainers near Orleans cathedral, circa 1815. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Benjamin Rotch's “” Manners and Customs of the French,”” London, Sotheran, 1893. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671778: Silver salt cellar showing the arcades of the Palais Royal, designed by Grancher, jeweller at Pete-Dunkirk. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671779: Corona around the Moon - Corona around the Moon - When the light of the Moon passes through thin clouds of water droplets, it can create a moon crown of color. In meteorology, a lunar corona is produced by the diffraction of light from the Moon by small water droplets in a cloud / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671811: Marie Antoinette's sleigh, a carriage mounted on skis. Marie Antoinette raced Madame de Lamballe around Versailles. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671827: Light carriage called a diligence or coupe car for two passengers from the court of Marie Antoinette. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671856: Colored crown around the Moon and irizations - Corona around the Moon with irisation - Provoked by the microscopic drops of water that form these clouds, the crowns are colored blue as close to the Moon, then degrade from yellow to brick red. In the distance, on the edge of the cloud strip, another luminous phenomene is noticeable: these are colourful irisations such as those seen sometimes on some puddles. In meteorology, a lunar corona is produced by the diffraction of light from the Moon by small water droplets in a cloud / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671868: Two-person horse-drawn carriage called a vis-a-vis a l'anglais, English face to face. Built by M. Herve, master carriage builder of rue Feydeau. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671886: Fashionable armchairs of 1788: a bergere in striped silk and carved walnut, and a armchair in Aubusson tapestry and carved walnut. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671924: Woman in a pierrot jacket and petticoat in striped satin, hat-hat with satin ribbons and plumes, and a muff made of swan feathers. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671964: Woman in large striped hat-hat over a gauze night cap, and woman in black felt hat with feather trim, ribbons and plumes. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671972: Woman in a gauze pouf hat decorated with ribbons and plumes, and woman in a gauze pouf hat decorated with artificial roses and plumes. Both in hairstyles of ringlets and curls by M. Depain of the rue du Theatre-Francais. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671987: Fashionable hats of 1788. Straw hat with violet ribbons and plumes, a pouf a la preresse with blue gauze and taffeta ribbon diadem, and a straw hat with pink taffeta, black ribbons and flowers. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4672013: Hairstyles of Josephine de Beauharnais, 1788, later wife to Napoleon, from murals in the bathrooms at Malmaison in the Roman style. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4672014: Hairstyles of Josephine de Beauharnais, 1788, later wife to Napoleon, from murals in the bathrooms at Malmaison in the Roman style. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669073: The island of Noirmoutier seen from ISS 04-2017 - Noirmoutier seen from ISS 04-2017: The island of Noirmoutier seen from the international space station (ISS) in April 2017. Noirmoutier is an island off the Atlantic coast of France in the Vendee department. Image taken from the international space station in April 2017 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669076: Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus, and bear's breeches, Acanthus spinosus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. / Bridgeman Images