PIX4577528: The Ash Moon - Moonset with earthshine - Moonset. The crescent moon disappeared behind the clouds, only the ash light remains visible. The ash light designees the part of the Moon normally immersed in the shadow, but that the Earth manages to illuminate by reflecting the light of the Sun. 20 March 2007. Moon crescent has disappeared behind the clouds, the earthshine stays visible. The bright region is directly illuminated by the sun, while the rest of the Moon is illuminated by light reflected off the Earth. March 20 200 / Bridgeman Images
TEC4554692: Grand Magazine La Samaritaine, Paris 1. Architecture by Frantz Jourdain (1847-1935) and Henri Sauvage (1873-1932), 1926-1928. The Samaritaine is the result of the meeting of three strong personalites: the couple Ernest Cognacq - Louise Jay and the architect Frantz Jourdain. The Samaritan is the shop that went the farthest in the alliance of visual arts and advertising so characteristic of Art Nouveau. He does not prevent the massive use of iron from being forgiven to Frantz Jourdain. Just reserved for the poor, he was approached by the School of Fine Arts and the political community... No salvation except stone. The metallic structure painted in blue is set with ornaments: fresco by Francis Jourdain, enamelled flowery lavas by Francois Gillet and mosaic signs by Eugene Grasset. Note the admirable Art Nouveau ironwork of the staircase. Photography 1996. / Bridgeman Images
OMG4554714: Le Train Bleu, Gare de Lyon, Paris 12. Architecture, 1900. The railway company PLM wanted to offer the Gare de Lyon for the 1900 World Exhibition a buffet that it wanted sublime. Ornaments and fresco, the former “buffet of the Gare de Lyon” perfectly represents the fine style of the second empire. On April 7, 1901, it was even inaugurated by the President of the Republic, Emile Loubet. It was not until 1963 that it was renamed “” Le Train bleu”” in honour of the legendary Paris-Ventimille train (Paris Ventimille) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4573621: Urban layout, the Terrasse de Nanterre and Puteaux (Hauts de Seine). It was not until the end of the 1990s that a real project to rehabilitate the entire territory linking the Arche to the Seine was evoked. In 2000, a Seine-Arche public facility (EPASA) was created under the supervision of the Ministry of Equipment. Its mission: to rehabilitate a 124 ha territory between the Grande Arche and the Seine declared of national interest, which will thus complete the historical axis of Le Notre (Louvre, Tuileries, Concorde, Champs-Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, Grande Arche). In November 2002, the project “Les Terrasse de Nanterre”, by urban planners Treuttel-Garcias-Treuttel, was chosen. It aims to transform three kilometres of vacant terrain, segmented by noisy road and rail infrastructures, into a humanise, green and economically dynamic space. A program that remains respectful of the popular identity of Nanterre: 40% of the dwellings built will be devoted to social housing. Photography 14/04/07. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4573770: Gl 581c: discovery of a habitable planet - Gl 581c: discovery of an habitable planet - Artist's view of the exoplanet Gliese 581c. Gliese 581c, with a radius of 1.5 times that of the Earth, is the first exoplanet gathering the necessary elements to imagine the existence of a possible extra-terrestrial life. From its surface, its star, about 100 times less bright than our Sun, must be large in the sky because of its proximity to the planet. In April 2007 the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland announced the discovery of a “super - earth”” extrasolar planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581. Dubbed Gliese 581 c, it's been called a super - earth because it is one of the few known extrasolar planets that has a mass near Earth's, and the only one to occupy its sun's “” habitable zone.”” Gliese 581 c is believed to be about five times more massive than the Earth with a diameter about half - again as large as Earth's. Depending upon the planet's composition, whether mostly rock or a combination of rock a water, a visitor would experience a surface gravity between 1.25 to 2.2 times the Earth's. Gliese 581 c is about 20 light years away, a “” next door neighbor”” in stellar terms, but far beyond the reach of human visitors with today's technology. There is special interest in Gliese 581 c because it is the only known extrasolar planet where liquid water - - a necessary ingredient for life as we know it - - could exist. Surface temperatures are believed to range between the freezing point of water to about 100* F. However, there are other factors that could affect these values, including the possibility that Gliese 581 c always keeps the same side facing its host star, with the result that one side would become extremely hot while the other extremely cold. In this image from the surface of Gliese 581 c, its red dwarf host hangs low in the sky over a rocky and watery terrain. This sun has a diameter and radius about a third that of the earth / Bridgeman Images
PIX4574108: Exoplanete Kepler - 62f - Kepler - 62f is an exoplanet orbiting Kepler - 62, a star located about 1200 years from the Solar System in the constellation Lyra. Kepler - 62f is a super Earth located in the living area of its star. Artist's concept of Kepler - 62f, a super - Earth - size planet in the habitable zone of a star smaller and cooler than the Sun. Though the size of Kepler - 62f is known (40% larger than Earth), its mass and composition are not / Bridgeman Images
PIX4574271: Galaxy NGC 891 in Andromede - Edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891 in Andromeda: Spiral galaxy seen by the slice located at a distance of 10 million light-years. Composite image. Located about 10 million light years from Earth, NGC 891 is one of the most photographed edge-on spiral galaxies in the northern skies. Composite Image made from multiple data sources. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4574329: Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy - Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy - The Great Magellan Cloud galaxy is located about 160,000 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Dorado. Visible with the naked eye in the southern hemishere it is one of the closest galaxies to ours. The irregular galaxy Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is located at a distance of 160,000 light years in the southern constellation of Dorado. It is one of the nearest galaxy, visible to naked eye. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602677: ISS: Tranquility module transfer - 02/2010 - Tranquility module transfer - 02/2010 - The Tranquility module (Node - 3) is transferred from the cargo compartment of the space shuttle Endeavour to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS). 11 February 2010. In the grasp of the station's Canadarm2, the Tranquility module is transferred from its stowage position in space shuttle Endeavour's (STS - 130) payload bay to position it on the port side of the Unity node of the International Space Station (ISS). Tranquility was locked in place with 16 remotely - controlled bolts. February 11 201 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602706: ISS: astronaut exit and Cupola - Astronaut with Cupola module on ISS - Astronaut Nicholas Patrick participates in a space trip to continue the construction and maintenance of the International Space Station (ISS). He works here on Cupola, the new observation module. 17 February 2010. NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five - hour, 48 - minute spacewalk, Patrick and astronaut Behnken completed all of their planned tasks, removing insulation blankets and removing launch restraint bolts from each of the Cupola's seven windows. February 17, 2010 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602807: The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2010 - The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2010 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Endeavour at the end of the STS mission - 130 on 19 February 2010. The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS - 130 crew member on space shuttle Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7:54 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 19, 2010 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602818: Experience aboard the International Space Station - Astronaut and experiment in Columbus (ISS) - Astronaut Soichi Noguchi is working on a Microgravity Science Glovebox experiment in the Columbus Laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS). January 28, 2010. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 22 flight engineer, works with the European Space Agency (ESA) science payload Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument/Influence of Vibration on Diffusion in Liquids (SODI/IVIDIL) hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) facility located in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. 28 January 2010 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602846: The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2010 - The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2010 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Endeavour at the end of the STS mission - 130 on 19 February 2010. The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS - 130 crew member on space shuttle Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7:54 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 19, 2010 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602854: The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2010 - The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2010 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Endeavour at the end of the STS mission - 130 on 19 February 2010. The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS - 130 crew member on space shuttle Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7:54 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 19, 2010 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603007: ISS: the Cupola module - Cupola module on ISS - Cupola, the observation module of the International Space Station (ISS). In the background, a Progress ship moors at the station. March 2, 2011. Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the Cupola of the International Space Station and a docked Russian Progress spacecraft are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 26 crew member while space shuttle Discovery (STS - 133) remains docked with the station. 2 March 2011 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603049: The International Space Station (ISS) 03/2011 - The International Space Station (ISS) 03/2011 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Discovery at the end of the STS - 133 mission on 7 March 2011. The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS - 133 crew member on space shuttle Discovery after the station and shuttle began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7 a.m. (ST) on March 7, 2011. Discovery spent eight days, 16 hours, and 46 minutes attached to the orbiting laboratory / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603300: Cargo SpaceX Dragon 03/2013 - The SpaceX Dragon automatic module seen from the International Space Station (ISS) at mooring on March 3, 2013. SpaceX Dragon is the first private company spacecraft to be used to join the international space station. This is one of a series of photos taken by the Expedition 34 crew members aboard the International Space Station during the March 3 2013 approach, capture and docking of the SpaceX Dragon. Thus the capsule begins its scheduled three - week - long stay at the orbiting space station / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603340: Cygnus Cargo 01/2014 - Cygnus automatic module mooring at the Harmony module of the International Space Station (ISS) on January 12, 2014. The Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus commercial cargo craft attached to the end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm of the International Space Station is photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member during rendezvous and berthing operations on Jan. 12, 2014 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603372: International Space Station Passage - International Space Station Passage, September 1, 2005. 54 seconds pose. The International Space Station (ISS) leaves a trail in this time exposure as it passes through the constellations of the northern sky on September 1, 2005 at 8:42 pm edt. The ISS is visible as a streak of light in this photo because it moved during the 54 - second exposure. Sometimes the ISS can be seen after sunset and before sunrise as a bright point of light because of sunshine reflecting off of it. Even though night has fallen on the ground, the direct Sun still shines on it for a while longer as it is high above an average orbital altitude of about 320 kilometers or 200 miles. Because of its speed as it orbits the Earth, it moves against the starry background for observers on the ground and leaves a trail in long time exposures on a fixed tripod / Bridgeman Images
TEC4603405: The Pont des Arts, Paris. The Passerelle des Arts, the first iron bridge in Paris, had the mission of joining the Institut de France and the Louvre, which was then called the Palais des Arts. Reserved for pawns, it was built from 1801 to 1804. It initially consisted of nine arches. Following numerous river accidents, its reconstruction was decided in 1981 but two arches were removed to line them up on the Pont Neuf. Reconstruction in 1981 by Louis Arretche. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4603411: The Pont des Arts, Paris. The Passerelle des Arts, the first iron bridge in Paris, had the mission of joining the Institut de France and the Louvre, which was then called the Palais des Arts. Reserved for pawns, it was built from 1801 to 1804. It initially consisted of nine arches. Following numerous river accidents, its reconstruction was decided in 1981 but two arches were removed to line them up on the Pont Neuf. Reconstruction in 1981 by Louis Arretche. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603714: Space Shuttle Hermes - Artist's view - European spaceplane Hermes - Illustration - Artist's view of the European Space Shuttle project Hermes, 1991. This reusable space plane was to be launched by an Ariane 5 rocket and take several spationauts into space. The project under study in the 1980s was finally abandoned in 1993. Artwork made in 1991 showing the european space shuttle Hermes. This space shuttle was to be launched atop an ariane 5 rocket and should carry astronauts and payloads in space. First studied at the beginning of eighties, this project was cancelled in 1993 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603753: Space Shuttle Hermes and Columbus MTFF - Ecorche - Spaceplane Hermes docked to the Columbus MTFF - Cross view of the European Space Shuttle Hermes project amarree to the European Space Station project, Columbus MTFF (Man - Tent Free Flyer), in 1991. Cutaway made in 1991 showing the european space shuttle Hermes docked to the european space station project, the Columbus MTFF (Man - Tent Free Flyer) module / Bridgeman Images