PIX4657781: Michel Mayor at the Observatory of La Silla - Chile - Michel Mayor at the Observatory of La Silla - Chile - Michel Mayor, disopener of the first extrasolar planet, photography at La Silla in February 2003 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4656241: The 3.5-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT) telescope came into service in 1989 - Dome of the 3,5m New Technology Telescope (NTT).: La Silla Observatory - Telescope NTT - La Silla observatory. Chile / Bridgeman Images

PIX4656300: La Silla Observatory - Leonard Euler Telescope - La Silla Observatory - Leonard Euler Telescope 04/05/200 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4659545: Earth: North pole by satellite - September 2004 - Arctic ice coverage for September 2004. In red, the trace of the average ice area around the pole from 1978 to 2002 has the same season. Recomposed image from satellite data / Bridgeman Images

PIX4658526: Volcano Fogo - Cape Verde - Volcano Fogo - Cape Verde islands - Fogo Island with its highest volcano 2800 meters south of the Cape Verde archipelago. Image obtained from the EO-1 satellite on 10 June 2009. Fogo is one of the Cape Verde Islands located roughly 640 kilometers off the westernmost tip of Africa, Fogo received its name from English colonists around 1500 AD. The Advanced Land Imager on Nasa's EO - 1 satellite captured this detailed image of the volcano on June 10, 2009. The volcano's most distinctive feature, its nine - kilometer wide caldera, Cha Caldera, is shown in this image. The eastern half of the crater wall is gone, erased in a massive collapse deep in its ancient history. In the center of the crater, a steep cone named Pico rises about 100 meters above the crater rim (more than a kilometer from the crater floor). The young peak reaches 2,829 meters (9,281 feet) above sea level, making it the island's highest point. The crater is inhabited. A straight road cuts between the crater wall and Pico, ending near the wind that erupted in 1995. Bright white dots on the north side of the crater are villages. Residents of the Cha Caldera evacuated during the eruption / Bridgeman Images

PIX4658682: The Nile seen by the shuttle Endeavour on 4 December 1993 - The Nile from space shuttle Endeavour 12/1993 - The Nile as seen from the space shuttle Endeavour. Dec 04 199 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4659122: Space shuttle Endeavour over Mauritania - Space shuttle above Richat structure, Mauritania - Space shuttle Endeavour seen above the Richat structure, a geological formation of volcanic origin, in Mauritania. Image obtained from the International Space Station (ISS) in 2002. The space shuttle Endeavour above the Richat Structure, a geological formation in the Maur Adrar Desert in the African country of Mauritania. Although it resemble an impact crater, the Richat Structure formed when a volcanic dome hardened and gradually eroded, exposing the onion - like layers of rock. Image taken from the international space station (ISS) in 2002 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4655810: Observatory of the Pic du Midi - control room - Pic du Midi observatory - Control room - Coronographers and sunglasses at the Pic du Midi (CLIMSO). Control room for Coronographs and solar telescopes CLIMSO / Bridgeman Images

PIX4655576: Star sky above the 1 m telescope of the Pic du Midi Observatory (65) - Starry sky above Pic du Midi observatory - The Holmes comet is visible just to the left of the Mirfak star in Persee. Starry sky with comet Holmes in constellation of Perseus, above the 1 meter dome at Pic du Midi observatory / Bridgeman Images

PIX4655654: Ombre du Pic du Midi sur la mer de cloud - Pic du Midi's shadow and sea of clouds - Image obtained from the Pic du Midi Observatory in February 2010. February 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4655714: Observatory of the Pic du Midi - Pic du Midi observatory - Observatory Pic du Midi: the building Nansouty and the old tower mete / Bridgeman Images

PIX4656464: Stefanik Observatory - Prague - Cupola of the Astrograph / Bridgeman Images

PIX4656809: Paranal Observatory. - Paranal Observatory, Chile - One of the Auxilliary Telescopes measuring 1.8m in diameter. One of the VLTI auxiliary telescope / Bridgeman Images

PIX4657019: Paranal Observatory, Chile 03/2008 - Paranal Observatory, Chile 03/2008 - Domes of 8.2m telescopes Antu and Yepun, and the four auxiliary telescopes of 1.8m. 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 Antu and Yepun, two of the four 8,2m telescopes, with the auxiliary telescopes. March 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4658422: Ubar City - Oman - seen by radar/visibl / Bridgeman Images

PIX4656654: Paranal Observatory - Chile - 2000 - View of the VLT, Very Large Telescope, consists of 4 main telescopes of 8.2 m in diameter. Here the YEPUN telescope is in the foreground, in the background, from left to right, the ANTU, Kueyen and MELIPAL telescopes. Located in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, at an altitude of 2,635 meters, it studies the sky in wavelengths ranging from ultraviolet to infrared / Bridgeman Images

PIX4658699: The Nile in Luxor area seen by Shuttle Columbia on April 8, 1997. - The Nile in Luxor area seen by Shuttle Columbia on April 8, 1997 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4659070: Richat structure - Mauritania - satellite view - Richat structure, Mauritania, seen by Landsat - 7 satellite - Richat structure, geological formation of volcanic origin, in Mauritania, observed by the Landsat-7 satellite. The so-called Richat Structure is a geological formation in the Maur Adrar Desert in the African country of Mauritania. Although it resemble an impact crater, the Richat Structure formed when a volcanic dome hardened and gradually eroded, exposing the onion - like layers of rock / Bridgeman Images

PIX4659396: Africa by satellite. Chad - Possible impact crateres - radar view - 20/03/1996 The impact of an asteroid or comet several hundred million years ago left scars in the landscape that are still visible in this spaceborne radar image of an area in the Sahara Desert of northern Chad. The concentric ring structure left of center is the Aorounga impact crater with a diameter of about 17 kilometers (10.5 miles). Scientists are using radar images to investigate the possibility that Aorounga formed as part of a multiple impact event. A proposed second crater, similar in size to the main structure, appears as a circular trough surrounding a central peak in the center of the image. A third structure, also about the same size, is seen as a dark, partial circular trough with a possible central structure in the right center of the image. The proposed crater “” chain”” could have formed when a 1 km to 2 km (0.5 mile to 1 mile) diameter object broke apart before impact. The dark streaks are deposits of windblown sand that migrate along valleys cut by thousands of years of wind erosion. Radar imaging is a valuable tool for the study of desert regions because the radar waves can penetrate thin layers of dry sand to reveal details of geologic structure that are invisible to other sensors. The image was acquired by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar - C/X - band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR - C/X - SAR) on April 18 and 19, 1994, onboard the space shuttle Endeavour. The area shown is 45 kilometers by 61 kilometers (28 miles by 38 miles) and is centered at 19.25 degrees north latitude, 19.25 degrees east longitude. North is toward the upper right. The colors are assigned to different radar frequencies and polarizations as follows: red is L - band, horizontally transmitted and received; green is C - band, horizontally transmitted and received; and blue is C - band, horizontally transmitted, vertically received. SIR-C/X-SAR, a joint mission of the German, Italian and United States space a / Bridgeman Images

PIX4659501: Ice surrounding Antarctica in spring. - Antarctica and ice surrounding it in spring. Image composed with an image of the Antarctic continent obtained from 1980 to 1994 by the AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) instrument on NOAA satellites / Bridgeman Images

PIX4659820: Borneo - Mahakam River Delta - Borneo - Mahakam River Delta - Mahakam River Delta east of Borneo, Indonesia, seen from the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2002. Mouth of the Mahakam river, eastern Borneo, Indonesia. Image taken from the International Space Station in April 2002 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4659835: Baksei Chamkrong - Angkor - Cambodia - Baksei Chamkrong - Angkor - Cambodia - Khmer Temple of the Angkor Group with Moon. American night. Double Exposure. Hindu temple in Angkor. Day for night shoot, double exposure / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4658807: Al-Harith and Abu-Zayd at King's palace, 1237 (miniature), Al-Wasiti, Yahya ibn Mahmud (13th Century) / Bridgeman Images

TEC4659577: The United States district in Lyon (Rhone). Construction 1919-1934, architect Tony Garnier (1869-1948). Thanks to Edouard Herriot, mayor of Lyon since 1905, Tony Garnier, a Lyon architect, conceived the United States district as a miniature city, following the great socialist utopias of the 19th century. It is based on the principle of the gardens that were carried out at the same time in Europe and the United States. Renovation of the district took place from 1993 to 1998. Photography 1993., Garnier, Tony (1869-1948) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4657717: View of the Sphinx and Pyramid of Chephren, Egyptian / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4658821: The wandering navigator Abu-Zayd and the sleeping merchants Miniature taken from the "Maqamat", 1237 (miniature), Al-Wasiti, Yahya ibn Mahmud (13th Century) / Bridgeman Images

TEC4658899: The house Cassandre in Versailles (Les Yvelines). Construction 1924-1925, architects Auguste (1874-1954) and Gustave (1876-1952) Perret. Built for the poster designer Jean Marie Mouron, known as Cassandre, made of weapon concrete and featuring a large workshop overlooking the garden on the ground floor, it is located in a 19th century residential area, close to the railway station on the right bank and the villa Bomsel d'Andre Lurcat. Photography 10/06/88., Perret, Auguste (1874-1954) & Gustave (1876-1952) / Bridgeman Images

TEC4659591: The United States district in Lyon (Rhone). Construction 1919-1934, architect Tony Garnier (1869-1948). Thanks to Edouard Herriot, mayor of Lyon since 1905, Tony Garnier, a Lyon architect, conceived the United States district as a miniature city, following the great socialist utopias of the 19th century. It is based on the principle of the gardens that were carried out at the same time in Europe and the United States. Renovation of the district took place from 1993 to 1998. Photography 1993., Garnier, Tony (1869-1948) / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4659284: Oceanian continent: View of the island of New Caledonia with its inhabitants in the 18th century Engraving, 18th century (engraving), Unknown artist, (18th century) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4655479: Ruins of the fortress of the citadel, around 1200 BC (photography), Mycenaean, (13th century BC) / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4655144: Tiger attacking a deer, 19th century (bronze), Barye, Antoine Louis (1796-1875) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4657501: Roman theater, 1st-2nd century, Roman, (2nd century) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4657519: Roman theater, 1st-2nd century, Roman, (2nd century) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4657669: View of the pyramid of Djoser (or Zoser), 27th century BC, Egyptian / Bridgeman Images

LRI4657690: View of the pyramids of Mycerinus, Chephren and Cheops, Egyptian / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4658130: Skaters in the Bois de Boulogne, 19th century (litho), Guerard, Eugene Charles Francois (1821-66) / Bridgeman Images