FLO4652012: Cheiroptere (chiroptere): nyctinome of Egypt or nycteris (nyctere) and stenoderm roux - Eau forte by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845), engraved by Carnonkel, for the dictionary of natural sciences: mammiferes by Frederic Cuvier, edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), published by F.G.Levrault, a Paris, 1816 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4652030: Le crossarch mango (mangouste) et l'ailure, petit panda ou panda eclatant - Eau forte by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845), engraved by Carnonkel, for the dictionary of natural sciences: mammals by Frederic Cuvier, edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), published by F.G.Levrault, in Paris, 1816 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4652167: Indian Lori, Psittacus coccineus. Probably the endangered species of red and blue loris (eos histrio) but the illustration has only been partially coloured. Lithograph of Joseph Kidd, based on a drawing by John Audubon, in Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, Sir Thomas DiK Lauder and Captain Thomas Brown, published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1833. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4652176: Park and castle of Sceaux (Hauts de Seine). In 1858 the architect J.M.Le Soufrache rebuilt a Louis XIII brick and stone mansion for the daughter of Jean Francois Lecomte, negociating at Saint Malo, who had rebuilt the estate in 1798. The park and its gardens were designed by Andre Le Notre in 1673 for Colbert. It was enlarged by the Marquis de Seignelay, the son of Colbert, who in particular had the Grand Canal excavated. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4652183: Park and castle of Sceaux (Hauts de Seine). In 1858 the architect J.M.Le Soufrache rebuilt a Louis XIII brick and stone mansion for the daughter of Jean Francois Lecomte, negociating at Saint Malo, who had rebuilt the estate in 1798. The park and its gardens were designed by Andre Le Notre in 1673 for Colbert. It was enlarged by the Marquis de Seignelay, the son of Colbert, who in particular had the Grand Canal excavated. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4652250: Basin of L'Octagon, transformed by Andre le Notre. Parc du chateau de Sceaux (Hauts de Seine). The park and its gardens were designed by Andre Le Notre in 1673 for Colbert. It was enlarged by the Marquis de Seignelay, the son of Colbert, who in particular had the Grand Canal excavated. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4652263: Basin of L'Octagon, transformed by Andre le Notre. Parc du chateau de Sceaux (Hauts de Seine). The park and its gardens were designed by Andre Le Notre in 1673 for Colbert. It was enlarged by the Marquis de Seignelay, the son of Colbert, who in particular had the Grand Canal excavated. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4652275: Chajnantor Plateau, Chile - Plateau of Chajnantor, Chile - Chajnantor Plateau, in the Andes Mountains, Chile. The Chajnantor Plateau is located at more than 5000 m altitude. This desertic vastness hosts several observatories, ESO is currently installing Alma, its giant interferometric network. June 2008 5100m high Chajnantor plateau in the Atacama Desert (Chile). Several telescopes are located here and the European southern observatory is building here its giant interferometric network ALMA. June 200 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4652290: ALMA - Plateau de Chajnantor - 2011 - Chajnantor plateau and starry sky - Alma Network. Chajnantor Plateau, 5100 m altitude, Chile. October 2011. Panoramic view of ALMA antennas. The large and small Magellanic clouds are visible to the right of the picture while Orion and the pleiades are rising in the middle. Bright Jupiter is shining in the dim and subtil lights of the Gegenschein. Chajnantor plateau in Atacama Desert, Chile. October 2011 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4652261: Portrait of John James Audubon (1785-1851), Franco-American ornithological artist. Lithograph of Charles Wands, based on painting by John Syme, in Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Brown, published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1833. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4652301: ALMA - Plateau de Chajnantor - 2011 - Chajnantor plateau and starry sky - Alma Reseau. The Moon shines in the center of the lactee lane. Chajnantor Plateau, 5100 m altitude, Chile. October 2011. ALMA under the Moon in Milky Way. Chajnantor plateau in Atacama Desert, Chile. October 2011 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649758: Shuttle Atlantis - Last Shuttle Flight - July 2011 - Liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis - Final mission of Space Shuttle Program. July 2011 - Launch of the Atlantis space shuttle on July 8, 2011. Mission STS-135, last flight of American space shuttles. Smoke and steam billow outward as space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on twin columns of flame from Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as it begins its STS - 135 mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis with its crew of four; Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, lifted off at 11:29 a.m. EDT on July 8, 2011 to deliver the Raffaello multi - purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts for the station. Atlantis also will fly the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit. In addition, Atlantis will return with a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS - 135 is the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program / Bridgeman Images
FLO4649825: Spotted piranha, Serrasalmus marginatus (Red-bordered saw-bellied salmon, Serrasalmo emarginatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburg's Fishes of Guiana, part of Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Ichthyology, Edinburgh, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4650105: The hotel casino Venice in Las Vegas (United States). This very recent casino located on the strip is a replica of Venice (Italy), with its canals, gondolas, Piazza San Marco and its Venetian palaces. It is one of Las Vegas's most elegant hotels with over 3000 luxurious rooms. Photography 01/11/04. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4652539: Whelk, Buccinum undatum 1, Noah's ark, Arca noae 2, noble pen shell, Pinna nobilis 3, Tusus brevis 4, Caltrop murex, Murex tribulus 5, Admiral cone, Conus admiralis 6, volute, Voluta arenata 7, limpet, Patella vulgata 8, and elegant Venus clam, Pitar dione 9. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, Nuremberg, 1771. Specimens from a Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities of D. de Hagen, P.L. Muller and A.M. Schadeloock. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4652410: Sea urchins and their spines. Slate pencil urchin, Heterocentrotus mamillatus, Echinus mammillaris 8, long-spined urchin, Diadema setosum, Echinus setosa 10, cake urchins, Clypeaster species 12-17. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, Nuremberg, 1771. Specimens from a Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities of Johann Ambrosius Beurer. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4652838: Gemsbok or gemsbuck, Oryx gazella (Chamois d'Afrique). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob-Andreas Eisemann from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, Nuremberg, 1771. Specimens from a Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities owned by Dr. Christoph Jacob Trew in Nuremberg. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4652505: Cross-section through chambered nautilus shell, Nautilus pompilius (Nautilus crassus) 1, small nautilus, Nautilus pompilius suluensis 2, greater argonaut with narrow keel, Argonauta argo (Nautilus papyraceus) 3, and greater argonaut with broad keel 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, Nuremberg, 1771. / Bridgeman Images