PIX4638371: Killer Whale hitting the beach to hunt - Orcs (Orcinus Orca) who live in groups have developed many hunting techniques. Perhaps one of the most extraordinary is the voluntary failure to catch young sea lions. This technique is used by the group of Mel (a male 9m) in peninsule Valdes. An Orca is coming on land to hunt sea lions. Valdes Peninsula, Argentina / Bridgeman Images
PIX4638851: Exploring the Moon in the 21st Century - Illustration - Lunar exploration in the 21st century - Astronauts are preparing a rover teleguide to drill the surface of the Moon to find exploitable resources. In the background, a permanent habitat allowing astronauts to live several weeks in this hostile environment. Lunar prospectors prepare a remote-controlled rover for exploring and drilling into the regolith in search of exploitable resources. Immediately behind the prospectors is a self-contained habitat with room and resources enough to sustain four people for several weeks. On the left and nearer to the horizon is the landing craft that delivered the four prospectors to the moon's surface, and will later return them to lunar orbit to meet with an orbiting command ship or tug. The habitat is also a lunar lander that delivered itself autonomously prior to the arrival of the prospectors. This century will likely see our return to Earth's Moon / Bridgeman Images
PIX4638869: Spaceship Tug and Space Station - Artist's View - Trans-Lunar space tug and the International Space Station - A towing spaceship joins the International Space Station (ISS) to bring material to the Moon. A trans-lunar space tug departs the International Space Station (ISS)* in preparation for retrieving a lunar lander currently in Earth orbit. What might be mistaken for wings are in fact solar voltaic panels for converting sunlight into electricity, just like those that adorn the ISS. Over two hundred miles below is the Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, and the west coast of Saharan Africa. Long clouds of dust can be seen blowing westward off Morocco. If advances in astronautical engineering continue and lunar exploration becomes a regular activity it may become cost-effective to place a dedicated space tug into permanent orbit. Such a craft could serve the same purpose as the Apollo Command Modules did in the 1970s - ferrying astronauts and lunar landers between Earth orbit and lunar orbit - with the exception that this space tug could make the trip multiple times. suggestion only / Bridgeman Images
PIX4639304: Back to the Moon - Program constellation - Astronauts and Lunar vehicles - Constellation program - View of an artist of astronauts exploring the surface of the Moon with two pressurized vehicles (Lunar Electric Rovers), as part of the Nasa constellation program that is expected to take men to the Moon around 2020. Crew members, attired in suits designed to protect them from the rigors of the environment, traverse the lunar surface along with two Lunar Electric Rovers (Lers) in this art work depicting return to the moon activities. A Portable Utility Pallet or PUP is also depicted / Bridgeman Images
PIX4639615: Mission to Phobos - Appointment in Earth orbit - Phobos mission docking in Earth orbit - An Orion-type space capsule (right), with three astronauts on board, joins in Earth orbit a launcher to reach Phobos, one of Mars's satellites. An Orion class command module, upper right, prepares to dock with a Phobos mission rocket in Earth orbit. Below at a distance of approximately 200 miles is the eastern Sahara desert. Lower left are the crew quarters for the 16 month mission / Bridgeman Images
PIX4655331: The Observatory of Haute Provence - Haute - Provence Observatory. - The Observatory of Haute Provence is equipped with two large telescopes, one of 1.5 m and the other of 2 m. The first is mainly a test bed for technological research, the second is mainly used for exoplanets. The Observatory of Haute-Provence is located in the south-east of France, near the village of St. Michel l'Observatoire, a hundred kilometers north of Marseille, on a plateau with an average altitude of 650 meters. The Haute-Provence Observatory (OHP) has two major telescopes; one of 1,5 meters and the other of 1,93 meters used for the exoplanets research. OHP is situated in the southeast of France, it lies at an altitude of about 650 m, near the village of Saint-Michel l'Observatoire / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656555: Very Large Array Radio Observatory - New Mexico - USA - Very Large Array - Radio observatory in New Mexico - Radio Observatory consists of 27 antennas of 25m diameter. Very Large Array - Radio observatory in New Mexico The Very Large Array, one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories, consists of 27 radio antennas in a Y - shaped configuration. Each antenna is 25 meters (82 feet) in diameter / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656588: Very Large Array Radio Observatory - New Mexico - USA - Very Large Array - Radio observatory in New Mexico - Radio Observatory consists of 27 antennas of 25m diameter. Very Large Array - Radio observatory in New Mexico The Very Large Array, one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories, consists of 27 radio antennas in a Y - shaped configuration. Each antenna is 25 meters (82 feet) in diameter / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656828: Cerro Paranal Observatory - 08 - 2007 - The Cerro Paranal Observatory (Chile) seen from the desert. On the left, the VLT, on the right, the new 4m VISTA telescope. Paranal observatory seen from Atacama desert, August 2007. On the left, the Very Large Telescope, on the right, new VISTA telescope / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656960: Night at the VLT, Cerro Paranal - Starry sky above Paranal observatory, Chile. - The Cerro Paranal Observatory in Chile has been hosting the European VLT (Very Large Telescope) network since 1998. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) here uses four telescopes measuring 8.2 m in diameter, as well as telescopes measuring 1.8 m to 4 m in diameter: it is the largest observatory in the world. Cerro Paranal is located at 2500 m above sea level, in the Atacama desert. This european observatory accomodates the Very Large Telescope (VLT) since 1998. Four 8.2m telescopes are used besides several other telescopes from 1.8m to 4m. Cerro Paranal is 2500 meters in altitude in Atacama desert / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656999: Paranal Observatory, Chile 03/2008 - Paranal Observatory, Chile 03/2008 - Yepun, one of the four 8.2m telescopes, and three of the four 1.8m 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. This picture shows at left Yepun, one of the four 8,2m telescopes, with three auxiliary telescopes. March 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656360: Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO) - Australia - The Anglo - Australian Observatory (AAO) - AAT dome. At the edge of the spectacular Warrumbungle National Park in northwestern New South Wales stands the Siding Spring Observatory. Of all the telescopes operated on this mountain, the dome of the AAT is the most imposing, rising almost 50 meters from the ground. The lower, cylindrical portion houses offices, darkrooms, small workshops and the many pieces of equipment required for the efficient operation of a large optical telescope and its complex instruments. The upper, rotating hemispherical portion is the dome itself, within which the telescope resides protected from the elements. When the telescope is in use a small opening in the dome is positioned directly in front of it / Bridgeman Images