LRI4626822: Gothic art: view of the papal altar above the Tabernacle made by Giovanni di Stefano around 1367 adorns twelve panels decorated with frescoes by Barna da Siena (14th century). 1367-1368. Basilica of St. John of Laterano (San Giovanni in Laterano), 1562-1567. Rome, Italian School, (14th century) / Bridgeman Images
LBY4626098: The bridge of Bir Hakeim (Bir-Hakeim) in Paris. Ex Passy Viaduct, it became in 1949, the bridge of Bir Hakeim. One of the most beautiful works of metallic architecture. The 237-meter bridge has the particularity of being at the same time, metropolitan, automobile and pedestrian. Architects Louis Biette (1860-1939) and Jean Camille Formige (1845-1926), construction 1903-1905. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4626117: Titan Exploration - Illustration - Exploring a hydrocarbon swamp on Titan - Automatic balloons fly over an oil marsh on the surface of Titan. A pair of balloon - borne probes leisurely survey a methane - ethane “” swamp”” on Titan. Each probe carries its own spot light illuminating the terrain below, augmenting the haze - filtered sunlight. Scientists have long speculated that methane and ethane may exist as liquids on Titan's extremely cold surface, but it wasn't until 2005 that the Cassini spacecraft's radar imager detected what indeed may be large hydrocarbon lakes on Titan's northern latitudes. While it is believed that the liquid in these lakes would be primarily methane and ethane, this won't be confirmed until the lakes - - if that's indeed what they are - - are actually sampled. Whatever lies on Titan's surface, there is the possibility that the ancient and exotic environment has given rise to compounds heretofore unknown on Earth. Large quantities of Methane and ethane exist in Earth's relatively warm environment as components of natural gas / Bridgeman Images
PIX4627176: Le Soleil vu by SDO on December 6, 2010 - The Sun seen by SDO. December 6, 2010 - Le Soleil vu en ultraviolet by SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) on December 6, 2010. It shows a gas filament of nearly a million miles breaking. A very long solar filament that had been snaking around the Sun erupted on December 6, 2010 with a flourish. Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) caught the action in dramatic detail in extreme ultraviolet light of Helium. It had been almost a million km long ((about half a solar radius) and a prominent feature on the Sun visible over two weeks ago before it rotated out of view. Filaments are elongated clouds of cooler gases suspended above the Sun by magnetic forces. They are rather unstable and often break away from the Sun / Bridgeman Images
JSN4625024: The site of the Musee des Monuments Francais, Cite de l'architecture et du patrimoine, Palais de Chaillot, 1 place du Trocadero, Paris 16th. All the renovation and renovation works were entrusted to the architect Jean Francois Bodin, at the end of 2007. Photography 2003., Salmon, Jacqueline / Bridgeman Images
PIX4625102: Saturn seen by the Cassini probe 04/2007 - Saturn from Cassini spacecraft 04/2007 - Image obtained by the Cassini probe on 13 April 2007 at a distance of 1.8 million km from the planet. Colorful Saturn tilts its darkened ringplane towards Cassini. Against the dark sky, the rings are made visible by the light that scatters through them towards the camera. The F ring shepherd moon Pandora (84 kilometers, or 52 miles across) is faintly visible at the top, left of center. Pandora's brightness was increased by a factor of three to aid its visibility. This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 18 degrees above the ringplane. The planet is visible through the innermost and outermost portions of the rings. The images were obtained by the Cassini spacecraft wide - angle camera on April 13, 2007, at a distance of approximately 1.8 million kilometers (1.1 million miles) from Saturn / Bridgeman Images
PIX4627193: Le Soleil eclipse partially par la Terre - The Sun cut by the Earth seen by SDO - Le Soleil vu en ultraviolet by SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) on March 29, 2011 (07:14:57 UT). In this image the Sun is cut by the Earth because at the time of shooting, the SDO satellite was passing behind the Earth. Differences in the density of the Earth's atmosphere block light inevenly, which explains why the Sun does not appear to cut evenly. Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observes a partial solar eclipse. Twice a year, the SDO enters an eclipse season where the spacecraft slips behind Earth for up to 72 minutes a day. Image taken on March 29 2011 (07:14:57 UT) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4627202: Le Soleil vu par SDO le 2 mars 2012 - The Sun seen by SDO - March 2012 - Solar eruption seen in ultraviolet by SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) on 2 mars 2012. On March 2, 2012, a giant eruption of solar material exploded up off the surface of the right side of the sun, as captured in this image from Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Known as a prominence eruption, most of the material usually falls right back down on to the sun / Bridgeman Images
LRI4626584: Art Renaissance: “" Representation of St. Luke "” Detail of gilded bronze reliefs decorating the pulpit of Evangelists by Giovanni Andrea Pellizzone, 1585-1599 (“" St Luke "” gilded bronze relief decorating the pulpit of the evangelists), presbytery of the Cathedral (Dome, Duomo) of Milan, Italy, Pellizzone, Giovanni Andrea (active c.1585-1599) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4626735: A plane in front of the Sun - A plane in front of the Sun - A plane (Boeing) passes in front of the solar disk. Image obtained with a vixen refractor ED 114/600 and barlow X2, canon EOS 500d 1/3200s iso 100. 5/09/2013 A plane (Boeing) is silhouetted in front of the Sun. Image detail: vixen ED 114/600 and barlow X2, canon EOS 500d 1/3200s iso 100. September 5 2013 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4626792: Solar stain and granulation. Image obtained on 2 May 2003 by the telescope SST (Swedish Solar Telescope) of 1m in La Palma-Canaries - Sunspots. Image taken on May 2 2003 with the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope at La Palma observatory: Surface du Soleil - Sun with sunspots / Bridgeman Images