PIX4584911: Sundial of the Musee de Cluny - Sundial. Cluny museum, Paris - Sundial of the Musee de Cluny 75005 Paris. 1674. Dial motto: “” Nil sin nobis”” (nothing without us). 1674 sundial in Paris, Cluny museum / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584934: Sundial of Lycee Henri IV in Paris - Sundial. Henri IV school, Paris - Sundial of Lycee Henri IV in Paris - Sundial 1711 created by Pere Pingre. Lycee Henri IV, 75005 Paris. Sundial dated 1711 in Lycee Henri IV, Paris / Bridgeman Images

FLO4584941: Carnivorous plant variety from Indonesia - Sir Stamford Raffles' pitcher plant, Nepenthes rafflesiana, carnivorous plant native to Southeast Asia. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's “Curtis's Botanical Magazine,” London, 1847. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584956: Sundial of the Sorbonne - Paris - Sundial at Sorbonne, Paris - Sundial 1878 by Jean Picard 75005 Cour d'honneur de la Sorbonn / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584971: CNAM sundial - Paris - Sundial, Paris - Sundial of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (CNAM). It is located 18 metres high, in the Lavoisier courtyard. Motto: Nescitis diem neque hora (You know neither the day nor the hour of your death). Sundial located at the CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers), Paris / Bridgeman Images

FLO4584673: Variete of Bomarea with pink flowers, Bomarea andimarcana - Botanical illustration by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892), lithography published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine for Sir William Jackson Hooker, Reeve Brothers edition, London 1846 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584725: Stellar black hole - Artist view - Stellar Black Hole - Artist view - A stellar black hole powered by a K-type star makes a contribution to an orbiting black hole, Bergeron, Joe / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4584734: Second World War: 'Marine rifles in front of their tank destroyer during a bivouac' (gouache), Brenet, Albert Victor Eugene (1903-2005) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584740: Rotation of a Black Hole - Artist view - Rotating Black Hole - Artist view - A rotating black hole deforms the structure of space time. It seems that spinning black holes drag the structure of nearby space along with them as they rotate, creating a twisted vortex, Bergeron, Joe / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584857: Sundial of the Musee de Cluny - Sundial. Cluny museum - Sundial of the Musee de Cluny 75005 Paris. 1674. Dial motto: “” Nil sin nobis”” (nothing without us). 1674 sundial in Paris, Cluny museum / Bridgeman Images

FLO4583809: American browallie - Jamaican forget-me-not, amethyst flower, or bush violet, Browallia americana (Tall browallia, Browallia elata). Handcolured copperplate engraving and botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584986: Sundial of 18 rue Perree (Paris 3eme) - Sundial in Paris - Sundial, visible on the facade of 18 rue Perree, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. It was realized in 1908 by sculptor Jules - Louis Rispal. Sundial located 18 rue Perree, Paris / Bridgeman Images

TEC4583875: Alexandria, Egypt. Photograph 22/05/02. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4583955: Passiflora fetide - Wild maracuja, Passiflora foetida (Nigella flowered passion-flower, Passiflora nigelliflora). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hooker's Botanical Magazine, London, 1838. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4583964: Inhabited mission to an asteroid - Artist's view - The MPCV spacecraft approaches an asteroid - This capsule should be able to take a crew of six astronauts to an asteroid, the Moon or to take men to Mars. Here, the vehicle is connected to an additional housing module for a duration of more than three months, as well as to a module for extravehicular outputs equipped with two MVs (Manned Maneuvering Vehicles). The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a spacecraft project currently being developed by Lockheed Martin for NASA. Based on specifications and tests already performed for the Orion spacecraft. It was announced by NASA on 24 May 2011. A Deep Space Vehicle (DSV) with an Extended Stay Module (ESM) and Manned Maneuvering Vehicles (MMVs) approaches a small asteroid / Bridgeman Images

FLO4583973: Orchid variete Epidendrum a bigarrees flowers - Prosthechea livida orchid (Chequer flowered epidendrum orchid, Epidendrum tesselatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hooker's Botanical Magazine, London, 1838. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4584045: Construction site of the Opera in Pekin (China). / Bridgeman Images

TEC4584319: Pekin, China. Photograph 01/10/02. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4584326: Pekin, China. Photograph 01/10/02. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4584361: White and Violet Orchid, Miltonia spectabilis - Botanical illustration by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892), lithography published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine for Sir William Jackson Hooker, Reeve Brothers Edition, London 1846 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584378: Artist view of a black hole supermasi / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4584411: Small Renault city cup, type C, 3 HP single cylinder Dion, Bouton engine, 1900 (object), French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584454: Artist view of black holes swallowing their galaxies / Bridgeman Images

FLO4584458: Genia hondensis - Botanical illustration by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892), lithography published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine for Sir William Jackson Hooker, Reeve Brothers edition, London 1846 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4584466: Artist View of a Galactic Black Hole / Bridgeman Images

TEC4584490: Pekin, China. Photograph 01/10/02. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4584532: Variete de sida ou abutilon a vine leaf and blue flowers, Sida vitifolia or Abutilon vitifoliium - Botanical illustration by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892), lithography published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine for Sir William Jackson Hooker, edition Reeve Brothers, London 1846 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4585005: Sundial of 18 rue Perree (Paris 3eme) - Sundial in Paris - Sundial, visible on the facade of 18 rue Perree, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. It was realized in 1908 by sculptor Jules - Louis Rispal. Sundial located 18 rue Perree, Paris / Bridgeman Images

PIX4585053: La Mire sud du meridien de Paris - Southern marker of the Paris meridian line - Mire du sud, located in Parc Montsouris. It was used as an adjustment for the Meridian bezel of the Paris Observatory. Formerly located on the Meridian of Paris, it was moved 35 metres east when the park was laid out. 5 - meter high obelisk in Parc Montsouris used for the Paris meridian line / Bridgeman Images

PIX4585074: Church Saint Sulpice, Paris. Meridienne - Church Saint - Sulpice, Paris. The meridian line and the obelisk - 1743 - View of the obelisk and the meridian / Bridgeman Images

FLO4585209: Cactus variete - Thelocactus hexaedrophorus (hexaedron-echinocactus, Echinocactus hexaedrophorus). Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's “Curtis's Botanical Magazine,” London, 1847. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4585255: Variete de Dryandra ou Banksia squarrosa - Pingle, Dryandra squarrosa, native to Australia. (Thistle-like dryandra, narrow-leaved variety, Dryandra carduacea var. angustifolia). Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's “Curtis's Botanical Magazine,” London, 1847. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4585325: Jungle Flame - Malayan Ixora, Ixora congesta (Mr. Griffith's ixora, Ixora griffithii). Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's “Curtis's Botanical Magazine,” London, 1847. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4585412: Sundial - Sundial - Vertical sundial of the village of Moncenisio (Ferrera Cenisio) in Italy. Vertical sundial in Ferrera Cenisio, Italy / Bridgeman Images

PIX4585070: Church Saint Sulpice, Paris. Meridienne - Church Saint - Sulpice, Paris. The meridian line - 1743 - View of the obelisque and the meridian inlaid in the marble slabs / Bridgeman Images

PIX4585076: Church Saint Sulpice, Paris. Meridienne - Church Saint - Sulpice, Paris. The meridian line and the obelisk - 1743 - View of the grave pedestal of the obelisk and the meridian / Bridgeman Images