PIX4656621: Paranal Observatory - Chile - Photomontage View of the VLT, Very Large Telescope, consists of 4 main telescopes of 8.2m in diameter. Located in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, at an altitude of 2,635 meters, it studies the sky in wavelengths ranging from ultraviolet to infrared / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656657: Paranal Observatory - Chile - Aerienne view of the VLT, Very Large Telescope, consists of 4 main telescopes measuring 8.2m in diameter. Here the YEPUN telescope is in the foreground, in the background, from left to right, the ANTU, Kueyen and MELIPAL telescopes. Located in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, at an altitude of 2,635 meters, it studies the sky in wavelengths ranging from ultraviolet to infrared / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656392: The SOFIA telescope - SOFIA telescope - View of the infrared telescope SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) embarks on board a Boeing 747 on 18 December 2009. Nasa's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - or SOFIA - on a test flight, December 18, 200 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656676: Paranal Observatory - Chile - 2001 - View of the VLT, Very Large Telescope, consists of 4 main telescopes of 8.2m in diameter. From left to right, the telescopes ANTU, Kueyen, MELIPAL and YEPUN. Located in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, at an altitude of 2,635 meters, it studies the sky in wavelengths ranging from ultraviolet to infrared / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657001: Fashionable ladies and gentlemen playing the card game Comet (named for the 1758 visit of Halley's comet) in a drawing room. A serving brings carafes of wine. Lithograph by Huyot after Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen from Paul Lacroix 'The Eighteenth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes, London, 1876. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4657010: Paranal Observatory, Chile 03/2008 - Paranal Observatory, Chile 03/2008 - Panorama of the Paranal Observatory at dusk. March 2008. Paranal Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the top of Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert in the northern part of Chile. March 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4657027: Observatory of Paranal, Chile 03/2008 - Paranal Observatory, Chile 03/2008 - domes of 8.2m Kueyen and Melipal telescopes; in the background, the VST. March 2008. Paranal Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the top of Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert in the northern part of Chile. This picture shows Kueyen and Melipal, two of the four 8,2m telescopes, with in the background, the VST. March 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4657068: Paranal Observatory - Fin croissant de Lune - Paranal observatory, Chile, crescent moon - 05 - 2008 - La Lune en fin croissant, 4 May 2008, sur une une des telescopes auxilliaire 1,8m in diameter. Paranal Observatory, Chile. Crescent Moon with one VLTI auxiliary telescope. May 4 2008 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4657152: Lady in waiting to Isabelle of Bavaria, wife of King Charles VI, 1389. She wears a tall bonnet with brocade tail, necklace, and red velvet dress with high waist and ermine hem. After a miniature in Roger Gaignieres' portfolio. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Galerie Francaise de Femmes Celebres, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4657094: Paranal Observatory - Fin croissant de Lune - Paranal observatory, Chile, crescent moon - 05 - 2008 - La Lune en fin croissant, 4 May 2008, sur une une des telescopes auxilliaire 1,8m in diameter. Paranal Observatory, Chile. Crescent Moon with one VLTI auxiliary telescope. May 4 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4657128: Paranal Observatory, Chile 03/2008 - Paranal Observatory, Chile 03/2008 - Panorama of the Paranal Observatory at dusk. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) and auxiliary telescopes. March 2008. Paranal Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the top of Cerro Paranal in the Atacama desert in the northern part of Chile. March 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4657160: Paranal Observatory - Chile - Paranal Observatory - Chile - The lactee road above the Paranal Observatory in Chile. The road leading to the observatory is equipped with solar energy lighting that preserves the night sky from light pollution. 1 September 2008. Milky way above Paranal observatory, Chile. Sep 1st 2008. The road to the observatory is lightened by solar powered leds to avoid light pollution / Bridgeman Images