PIX4631798: Earth: South pole by satellite - Image of the Earth recomposed from different satellite images obtained by Terra and Aqua satellites on 21 September 2005 for the southern pole (the extent of the ice is at its maximum), in 2002 for the cloud cover and in September 2004 for vegetation / Bridgeman Images
PIX4631843: Earth with starry sky - Earth with starry sky - Image of the Earth recomposed from different satellite images. The extent of the ice at the north pole dates from September 15, 2008. A star background has been added. Composite image obtained with data collected from Terra and Aqua satellites. The image of sea ice in north pole was taken on September 15 2008. A starry sky background was added / Bridgeman Images
PIX4631925: Earth on star background - North America - Earth with starry sky - North America - Image of Earth recomposed from different satellite images. A star background has been added. Composite images obtained with data collected from several satellites. A starry sky background was added / Bridgeman Images
PIX4631950: Earth on star background - Europe - Earth with starry sky - Europe - Image of the Earth recomposed from different satellite images. A star background has been added. Composite images obtained with data collected from several satellites. A starry sky background was added / Bridgeman Images
PIX4630042: Dwarf planets - Dwarf planets Ceres, Pluto, and Eris compared - Comparison at the scale of dwarf planets. From left to right are represented Ceres, Pluto and Eris. Ceres was elevated from asteroid to the status of dwarf planet in 2006 when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reviewed Pluto's status as the solar system's 9th planet. Pluto was subsequently demoted to dwarf planet. In this image, from left to right are the dwarf planets Ceres, Pluto, and Eris. Eris was discovered in 2003 and is now the largest of the known dwarf planets. It is believed to be slightly more massive than Pluto and follows a highly eccentric orbit that alternately brings it as close as the orbits of Neptune and Pluto and as far as over twice Pluto's furthest distance from the Sun. It was the discovery of Eris that prompted the re-evaluation of Pluto as a planet / Bridgeman Images