PIX4636596: Lactee route between Cephee and Cassiopee - Cepheus to Cassiopeia - This rich area of the northern Milky Way stretches from Cepheus on the lower left to Cassiopeia on the upper right. Numerous bright red emission nebulas, dark nebulas and star clusters can be seen. The large emission nebula IC 1396 is in the lower left corner, next of Herschel's Garnet Star (Mu Cephei). Open cluster M52 and the Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635, are at the right center of the frame. At the lower right is a pair of large emission nebulas, CED 214 (Sh2-171) and NGC 7822. Large open cluster NGC 7789 is at the upper right corner, about two and a half degrees from Caph (Beta Cassiopeiae). Other red emission nebulas in the field are: Sh2-132, Sh2-142, Sh2-155 (the Cave Nebula), and Sh2-157 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4636623: Lactee and Summer Triangle - Lactee and Summer Triangle - View of the stars Deneb (bottom left near the nebula North America), in the Swan, Vega (center up), in the Lyre, and Altair (all right, near the middle of the picture) in the Eagle. These three stars form the asterism of the Summer Triangle / Bridgeman Images
PIX4638389: 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
PIX4638585: Faux de Verzy - Marne - Dwarf Beech - Faux de Verzy - France - Tortuosa (Fagus Sylvatica var Tortuosa). This remarkable tree is a rare beech variety with contorted branches and trunk, the origin of which remains unknown. The Faux site has been classified nationally since 1932. It became a State Biological Reserve in 1981. Dwarf Beech (Fagus sylvatica Tortuosa Group). Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4638711: Crescent Moon on the shooting pad - Illustration - Crescent Moon through Apollo launch site - Artist's view of a crescent Moon seen through the shooting pad abandons Apollo missions. A crescent moon shines through the launch site of humanity's first and only trips to another world. The rockets, gantries and spectators are long gone, leaving this slowly decaying monument to heroic dreams. Artwork / Bridgeman Images
LRI4638757: Saint Martin and the poor Altarpiece detail of the cathedral of Seu d'Urgell by the master of Seu d'Urgell, 12th century Spain (St Martin and the poor, detail of altarpiece from the cathedral of seu d'Urgell, 12th century) Barcelona, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Master of the Seu d'Urgell (fl.1490) (attr. to) / Bridgeman Images