PIX4664996: L'ouest de la France vue par satellite - 2008 - Western France as seen from satellite 2008 - Image de l'ouest de la France obtained on 11 February 2008 by the European satellite Envisat. This Envisat image features western France, including the regions of Brittany, Western Loire, Normandy and Loire Valley, located in Western Europe. France's capital city Paris is visible as the gray area in the upper right hand corner. This image was acquired by Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument on 11 February 2008 working in Full Resolution mode to provide a spatial resolution of 300 meters / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665017: L'ouest de la France vue par satellite 2008 - Western France as seen from satellite 2008 - Image de l'ouest de la France obtained on 11 February 2008 by the European satellite Envisat. View of the western France obtained by the European satellite Envisat on Feb 11 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664384: Brontotheres and birds - Brontotherium with birds - Artist's view of Brontotheres (Brontotherium) in a landscape of South Dakota 35 million years ago. Brontotherium wander the lush Late Eocene landscape of South Dakota 35 million years ago. Modern rhinoceroses have a symbiotic relationship with birds (variously known as oxpeckers or tick birds) that eat parasites they find on the rhino's skin and noisily warn of danger. No doubt similar symbiotic relationships existed between birds and the megafauna of the Eocene / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664711: Cyprus seen by satellite - Cyprus seen from satellite Envisat - Image obtained by satellite Envisat. This MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) image focuses on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Nicosia, the capital and largest city, is situated towards the centre of the island. The green area in the southern central part of the island is the slopes of the Troodos Mountains, the highest point of which is Mt. Olympus (1951 m) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664804: Scotland seen from space - Scotland seen from space: Scotland, the Isle of Man and part of Northern Ireland seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on May 9, 2016 - Scotland, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man seen from the international space station (ISS) on May 9 2016 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665040: The Seine estuary - Seine estuary, France - The Seine estuary with the port of Le Havre, the bridge of Normandy and the city of Honfleur, seen from the International Space Station in March 2007. Seine estuary with the Harbor of Le Havre seen from the international space station in march 2007 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665078: English Channel seen from space - English Channel seen from space - La Manche seen by Envisat satellite on 14 July 2003. This image taken by satellite ENVISAT on July 14 2003, shows the English Channel separating the island of Great Britain from northern France, it also connects the North Sea to the Atlantic. The Strait of Dover is the narrowest point, only 34 km, from Dover to Cape Gris - Nez. In the upper part of the image most of England can be observed, from Plymouth to Margate along the coast and from Bristol to London (large bright area). The light green - bluish colours in the sea are the shallow waters of the Goodwin Sands. On the opposite side of the channel are the French regions of Brittany and Lower Normandy. To the left of Lower Normandy are the British islands of Jersey and Guernsey / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665539: Plaque de la rue Cassini in Paris - Street Plaque in Paris - Rue du 14eme arrondissement de Paris, in tribute to the Italian astronomer Jean - Dominique Cassini (1625 - 1712), naturalise French in 1673. Attrained to France by Colbert in 1669, he became the first director of the Paris Observatory in 1671, at the request of Louis XIV. In 1665, he discovered Jupiter's Grande Tache Rouge and determined the rotation speeds of Venus, Mars and Jupiter. From 1671 he discovered 4 satellites around Saturn, as well as a separation in the rings, which today bears his name (division of Cassini). In 1673, he made the first precise measurement of the distance from Earth to Sun, thanks to a transit of Venus. Rue Cassini, street sign. Astronomer Jean - Dominique Cassini, was the first director of Paris observatory / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665864: Mediterranean Sea and Detroit of Gibraltar seen from Space - Strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean sea from space - The Detroit of Gibraltar seen by the International Space Station (ISS) in 2001. Morocco is on the left, Spain is on the right. Strait of Gibraltar as seen from the International Space Station (ISS) in 2001. Morocco is visible on the left, and Spain on the right / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665258: La Rochelle et l'ile de Re - Photo satellite - Satellite image of La Rochelle - France: La Rochelle et l'île de Re observed by satellite Sentinel-2A on 26 December 2015. - Capital of the Charente-Maritime department in western France, La Rochelle and surroundings are featured in this Sentinel-2A image, captured on 26 December 2015. Home to some 80,000 people, La Rochelle is a city and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean, connected to the Ile de Re by a 2.9 km-long bridge, clearly visible in the centre of the image / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664277: Elasmotherium - Artist's view of two male Elasmotherium confronting each other in the steppe. This gigantic Eurasian herbivorous mammal lived about 1 million years ago. A pair of male Elasmotherium confront one another on the ancient steppe of what is today Southern Russia. Elasmotherium had longer legs than today's smaller modern rhinos, probably enabling it to gallop like a horse / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664729: Denmark seen from space 02/2003 - Denmark seen from space 02/2003 - Denmark is a peninsula of Jutland and 443 islands, observed by the International Space Station on 26/02/2003. Sweden and Norway are partially visible to the right of the image. The Kingdom of Denmark, with an area of 16,639 square miles, consists of the Jutland Peninsula and roughly 500 islands. Taking advantage of remarkably fair weather over north central Europe for this time of year, the crew of the International Space Station took this panoramic view that extends from the North Sea coast of the Netherlands on the left to the Baltic Sea shores of Sweden on the right. The late - winter landscape has little snow cover except over northeastern Germany, Sweden, and the rugged mountains of Norway. Feb 26 2003 / Bridgeman Images