PIX4601528: The International Space Station (ISS) 09 - 2006 - View of the station after the start of the shuttle Atlantis on 17 - 09 - 2006. Mission STS-115 (09 - 21 Sep 2006 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4601755: Extravehicular release of Scott Parazynski 10 - 2007 - Scott Parazynski extravehicular activity 10 - 2007 - Extravehicular release of Scott Parazynski. ISS - Expedition 16. 30 - 10 - 2007 Astronaut Scott Parazynski, STS - 120 mission specialist, participates in the third scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction continues on the International Space Station. During the 7 - hour, 8 - minute spacewalk Parazynski and astronaut Doug Wheelock (out of frame), mission specialist, installed the P6 truss segment with its set of solar arrays to its permanent home, installed a spare main bus switching unit on a stowage platform, and performed a few get - tasks ahead. Also, Parazynski inspected the port Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ) to gather comparison data for the starboard rotary joint. Various components of the station are visible in the reflections in Parazynski's helmet visor / Bridgeman Images

LBY4601820: Hotel Lambert on the Ile Saint Louis, 2 rue Saint Louis en l'Ile, Paris 4th arrondissement. Construction 1641, architect Louis Le Vau (1612-1670). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4624208: Carlos Sanchez Infrared Telescope - Tenerife Observatory: 1.52 m Infrared Telescope / Bridgeman Images

PIX4624299: Star Sky on Big Pines Highway - Big Pines Highway at night: Joshua Tree National Park, California, November 2016. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4624342: La rue de l'Annonciation in Paris 16th. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4624420: La rue de Passy in Paris 16th. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4624476: The corner of rue de la Pompe and rue Victor Hugo, Place Jean Monnet, Paris 16th. Photography 09/08/07. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4624947: Saturn - Rings - by Voyager 2 - 23 - 08 - 1981 - Image in false colors made by the probe Voyager 2 on August 23, 1981 at a distance of 2.7 million km from the planet. This image has been reconstructed from 3 black and white photos taken through the UV, green and orange filters. The contrasts were exaggerated. The C ring, in blue on the image, is actually a gray color. The different colors correspond to differences in the chemical composition of the particles that make up the rings / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621610: Nebula LDN 988 in the Swan - LDN 988 nebula in Cygnus - Region around the dark nebula LDN 988 in the Swan. Area around the dark nebula LDN 988 with two blue reflection nebulae GN 21.01.3 and LBN 409. The emission nebula in the upper right of the image near the open cluster NGC 7031 seems uncataloged. Another interesting object is [C86] L988a. This is a looped nebula in LDN988. Sh2 - 120 and 121 are the two small HII regions left of center. Faint dust makes some of the background appear blue from reflection / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621624: Cometary Globula CG30 in the Stern - Cometary Globule CG30 - Cometary cells are small clouds of isolated gases. These, called CG30/31/38, are located about 1300 light years ago in the constellation Pupus. The Cometary Globules CG 30/31/38 are located 1300 light years away in Vela/Puppis constellations; they appear as finger - like extensions extending out in different directions. Bright rimmed globules and their more evolved cousin the cometary globule represent fascinating dynamic structures formed by the interplay of cold molecular clouds and hot ionizing stars. Typically the head of the globule faces a hot O - type star. The blood cells are known to be the birthplace of low mass stars. The globule head of CG 30 contains the Herbig Haro object HH 120, which is the outflow signature of a pre - main sequence star / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621638: Nebula LDN 1622 in Orion - LDN 1622 nebula in Orion - Dark Nebula LDN 1622 and Nebula VDB 62 and VDB 63. These nebulae are located near M78 and the Barnard loop in the constellation Orion. This region is near the most famous M78 in Orion and is contained within Barnard's Loop. The two van den Bergh objects are the two small reflection nebulae in the right side of the image. The two dark nebula look like two dolphins jumping; one with a ball on its head (VdB62) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621752: Nebula VDB 27 in Taurus - Nebula VDB 27 in Taurus - VDB 27 is a nebula by light reflexion. Other objects visible in this field are Cederblad 30, LBN782, B10, B7 and B209. This region in Taurus is not commonly imaged but contains a wealth of beautiful reflection and dark nebulae (Cederblad 30, LBN782, B10, B7 and B209) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621810: Gamma Cassiopeia, IC 59 and IC 63 - The bright bluish star shown here is Gamma Cassiopeiae. It is currently evaporating two nearby clouds of gas - IC 59 and IC 63 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621917: Nebula IC 410 in the Coach - Nebula IC 410 in the Coach - IC 410 is a low nebulosite surrounding the star cluster NGC 1893 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622023: Horsehead Nebula (B33) in Orion - Horsehead nebula in Orion - The horse head nebula, Barnard 33, is a dark nebula located in front of the IC 434 emission nebula about 1500 years - light of the Earth in the constellation Orion. Lower left is the reflexion nebula, NGC 2023. This curious dark nebula is one of the best - known images in astronomy, probably because of its chance likeness to a recognisable form. The horse - head shape is an extension of a large cloud of dust which fills the lower part (east) of the picture and hides the light of stars beyond. The outer surface of the dusty gas (IC 434) runs roughly north - south and is illuminated by sigma Orionis (off the top of the picture) which causes the hydrogen there to fluoresce, outlining the horse - head shape. The diffuse haze to the left of the image (north) is scattered light from the bright star zeta Orionis. Though conspicuous here, the Horsehead is very difficult to see visually, even with a large telescope. A bright star is partially enveloped in the dust cloud and its scattered light is seen as the large, irregular blue reflection nebula, NGC 2023. All these objects are about 1500 light years distant / Bridgeman Images

LBY4601863: L'ile Saint Louis, Quai Bourbon, Paris 4th arrondissement. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4601960: The International Space Station (ISS) 03/2008 - The International Space Station 03/2008 - View of the International Space Station after the start of the shuttle Endeavour (in the foreground) on March 24, 2008. Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station appears very small from the point of view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as the two spacecraft carry out their relative separation. Endeavour's vertical stabilizer, orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods and payload bay are seen in this image photographed by an STS - 123 crewmember onboard the shuttle. Earlier the STS - 123 and Expedition 16 crews concluded 12 days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7:25 p.m. (CDT) on March 24, 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602142: The International Space Station (ISS) 06/2008 - The International Space Station 06/2008 - View of the International Space Station after the start of the shuttle Discovery on 11 June 2008. The second element of the Japanese Kibo laboratory, JEM, was installed during this mission. Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 124 and Expedition 17 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 6:42 a.m. (CDT) on June 11, 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602198: Astronauts and space tourist in space - Astronauts and tourist in space - Astronauts Greg Chamitoff (left) and Edward Fincke with space tourist Richard Garriott (right) pose for the photo in the Harmony module of the International Space Station. In the foreground, the experimental SPHERES satellites. 22/10/2008. 22 Oct. 2008 - Astronauts Greg Chamitoff (left), Edward Fincke, Expedition 18 flight engineer and commander, respectively; and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott pose for a photo in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) float freely in the foreground / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602207: International Space Station: Astronaut Exit - The International Space Station: EVA Astronaut - Astronaut Steve Bowen participates in the first extravehicular exit of the STS-126 mission with Heidemarie Stefanyshyn - Piper (off-field) on November 18, 2008. For nearly seven hours, astronauts will perform various maintenance tasks of the International Space Station. 18 Nov. 2008 - Astronaut Steve Bowen, STS - 126 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six - hour, 52 - minute spacewalk, Bowen and astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn - Piper (out of frame), mission specialist, worked to clean and lubricate part of the station's starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joints (SARJ) and to remove two of SARJ's 12 trundle bearing assemblies. The spacewalkers also removed a depleted nitrogen tank from a stowage platform on the outside of the complex and moved it into Endeavour's cargo bay. They also moved a flex hose rotary coupler from the shuttle to the station stowage platform, as well as removing some insulation blankets from the common berthing mechanism on the Kibo laboratory / Bridgeman Images

ITR4602375: La Maison de Victor Hugo, in the Hotel Rohan-Guemenee (Rohan Guemenee), 6 place des Vosges, Paris 75004. Architecture by Isaac Arnaud, 1605. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602460: Soyuz spacecraft docked to the ISS - Soyuz spacecraft docked to the ISS - Soyuz spacecraft moored to the International Space Station (ISS). 25 July 2009. The limb of Earth intersects one of two Soyuz spacecraft that are docked with the International Space Station. July 25 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602560: Astronauts in weightlessness - Astronauts in weightlessness - Astronaut Nicole Stott effortlessly raises cosmonaut Maxim Suraev in the Columbus module of the International Space Station (ISS). 17 November 2009. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, both Expedition 21 flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS). November 17, 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4625273: Titan - Saturn satellite - Cassini probe - 10 - 06 - 2004 - View of Titan in real colors taken by Cassini on June 10, 2004 at a distance of13.1 million Km / Bridgeman Images

PIX4625361: Titan, Saturn satellite seen by Cassini - Saturn's moon Titan as seen by Cassini spacecraft: Visible and infrared composite image of Titan taken by the Cassini probe on November 13, 2015. View of the hemisphere oriente towards Saturn - This composite image shows an infrared view of Saturn's moon Titan from Nasa's Cassini spacecraft, acquired during the mission's “” T-114”” flyby on Nov. 13, 2015. The spacecraft's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) instrument made these observations, in which blue represents wavelengths centered at 1.3 microns, green represents 2.0 microns, and red represents 5.0 microns. A view at visible wavelengths (centered around 0.5 microns) would show only Titan's hazy atmosphere (as in PIA14909). The near-infrared wavelengths in this image allow Cassini's vision to penetrate the haze and reveal the moon's surface - During this Titan flyby, the spacecraft's close-approach altitude was 6,200 miles (10,000 kilometers), which is considerably higher than those of typical flybys, which are around 750 miles (1,200 kilometers). The high flyby allowed VIMS to gather moderate-resolution views over wide areas (typically at a few kilometers per pixel) - The view looks toward terrain that is mostly on the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Titan. The scene features the parallel, dark, dune-filled regions named Fensal (to the north) and Aztlan (to the south), which form the shape of a sideways letter “” H.””” - Several places on the image show the surface at higher resolution than elsewhere. These areas, called subframes, show more detail because they were acquired near closest approach. They have finer resolution, but cover smaller areas than data obtained when Cassini was farther away from Titan - Near the limb at left, above center, is the best VIMS view so far of Titan's largest confirmed impact crater, Menrva. Similarly detailed subframes show eastern Xanadu, the basin Hotei Regio, and channels within bright terrains east of Xanadu. - Due to the / Bridgeman Images

PIX4625407: Japet, satellite of Saturn, seen by Cassini - Crescent of Iapetus seen by Cassini spacecraft. - Mosaic in fake colors of Japet, a satellite of 1436 kilometers in diameter, taken by the Cassini probe on 10 September 2007 has a distance of 83 000 km from the satellite. Iapetus, 1,468 kilometers (912 miles) across, seen here in false color, is unique in its dramatic variation in brightness between the northern polar region and the middle and low latitudes. Equally prominent is the moon's equatorial ridge of towering mountains. The profile of the ridge against the darkness of space reveals that it is topped by a cratered plateau approximately 15 kilometers (9 miles) wide. Further west, the profile of the ridge changes from a long plateau to discrete peaks. The mosaic consists of four image footprints across the surface of Iapetus and has a resolution of 489 meters (0.3 miles) per pixel. The color seen in this view represents an expansion of the wavelength region of the electromagnetic spectrum visible to human eyes. The intense reddish - brown hue of the dark material is far less pronounced in true color images. The use of enhanced color makes the reddish character of the dark material more visible than it would be to the naked eye. In addition, the scene has been brightened to improve the visibility of surface features. This view was acquired with the Cassini spacecraft narrow - angle camera on Sept. 10, 2007, at a distance of about 83,000 kilometers (51,600 miles) from Iapetus / Bridgeman Images

PIX4625492: Enceladus, satellite of Saturn, seen by Cassini - Enceladus, satellite of Saturn, seen by Cassini - Mosaic of 16 images obtained by the Cassini probe during the flight over this satellite on 17 February 2005. The image shows the hemisphere of Enceladus center on Sarandib Planitia / Bridgeman Images

PIX4625578: Mimas, satellite of Saturn, seen by the Cassini probe on 13/02/2010 - Saturn's moon Mimas seen by Cassini spacecraft - February 13 2010 - The Mimas satellite photographed by the Cassini probe on 13 February 2010 has a distance of 16,000 km from the satellite. Mimas is about 400 km in diameter. In the centre left, the large impact crater Herschel, 130 km wide. Relatively dark regions below bright crater walls and streaks on some of the walls are seen in this mosaic of Saturn's moon Mimas, created from images taken by Nasa's Cassini spacecraft during its closest flyby of the moon. The crater floors and surroundings are about 20 percent darker than the steep crater walls in this view. Mimas 'original surface, like the surfaces of most of the other major Saturnian moons without atmospheres, is not pure ice but contains some dark impurities. The relatively dark markings appear along the lower portion of the walls of Herschel Crater (130 kilometers, 80 miles wide) and some of the smaller craters and are marked in green in the annotated version of the image. Cassini scientists interpret this darkening as evidence for the gradual concentration of impurities from evaporating icy materials in areas where the dark impurities slide slowly down the crater wall. There, the bright ice is baked away by the sun and the vacuum of space. At Herschel, the edge where the darker regions contact the crater floor is interrupted by an extensive hummocky area. Scientists believe the hummocky texture came from the flow of melted ice that occurred during the impact that created the crater. That melt filled the bottom of the crater around the central peak. Dark streaks are seen making their way down the sides of some craters and often originated from pockets of dark contaminants embedded just below the rim of the crater wall. The pockets themselves likely represent small, pre - existing, dark - floored craters that were buried by the blanket of material thrown out from the newer im / Bridgeman Images

PIX4625625: Tethys, Saturn satellite, seen by the Cassini probe - Saturn's moon Tethys seen by Cassini spacecraft: The Tethys satellite photographed by the Cassini probe on 11 April 2015 has a distance of 53,000 km from the satellite. Tethys is about 1070 km in diameter. - This enhancement-color mosaic of Saturn's icy moon Tethys shows a range of features on the moon's trailing hemisphere. Tethys is tidally locked to Saturn, so the trailing hemisphere is the side of the moon that always faces opposite its direction of motion as it orbits the planet - Images taken using clear, green, infrared and ultraviolet spectral filters were combined to create the view, which highlights subtle color differences across Tethys' surface at wavelengths not visible to human eyes. The moon's surface is fairly uniform in natural color - The color of the surface changes conspicuously across the disk, from yellowish hues to nearly white. These broad color changes are affected by a number of external processes. First, Saturn's diffuse E-ring preferentially bombards Tethys' leading hemisphere, towards the right side of this image, with ice bright ice grains. At the same time, charged particles from Saturn's radiation belt bombard the surface on the trailing side, causing color changes due to chemical alteration of the materials there. The albedo - a measure of the surface's reflectivity - drops by 10 to 15 percent from the moon's leading side to the trailing side. Similar global color patterns exist on other Saturnian moons - This mosaic is an orthographic projection constructed from 52 Cassini images obtained on April 11, 2015 with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera. Resolution is about 1,000 feet (300 meters) per pixel. The images were obtained at a distance of approximately 33,000 miles (53,000 kilometers) from Tethys / Bridgeman Images

PIX4625632: Saturn view of the surroundings of Dione - Illustration - Saturn from the vicinity of Dione - The planet Saturn seen from the surroundings of its satellite Dione. Dione, visible in the foreground, has a diameter of about 1100 km and is mainly composed of ice. In the background, another Saturn ice satellite is visible, Tethys. This is how Saturn might appear from near Dione, one of Saturn's inner icy satellites. Dione is about 700 miles in diameter and is believed to be composed primarily of water ice along with lesser amounts of silicate rocks. In this image, Dione is in the foreground orbiting about 197 thousand miles above Saturn's cloud tops. Further towards Saturn at a distance of 50 thousand miles from Dione is Tethys, another icy moon, slightly smaller than Dione. Tethys is silhouetted against the “” ring shine”” on Saturn's night side - - reflected sunlight on the cloud tops from Saturn's rings / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622118: Nebulae NGC 2024 and Head of Horse seen by VISTA - Flame nebula and the Horsehead Nebula - First image obtained by the telescope of 4 meters in diameter VISTA. This infrared image shows the nebula NGC 2024 (left), the small nebula NGC 2023 (right middle) and the nebula of the horse's head (top right). The bright star on the top left is the star Alnitak. This image, the first to be released publicly from VISTA, the world's largest survey telescope, shows the spectacular star - forming region known as the Flame Nebula, or NGC 2024, in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter) and its surroundings. In views of this evocative object in visible light the core of the nebula is completely hidden behind obscuring dust, but in this VISTA view, taken in infrared light, the cluster of very young stars at the object's heart is revealed. The wide - field VISTA view also includes the glow of the reflection nebula NGC 2023, middle right, and the ghostly outline of the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) towards the upper right. The bright bluish star top left is one of the three bright stars forming the Belt of Orion, Alnitak. The image was created from VISTA images taken through J, H and Ks filters in the near - infrared part of the spectrum. The image shows about half the area of the full VISTA field and is about 40 x 50 arcminutes in extent. The total exposure time was 14 minutes / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622126: The Horsehead Nebula in infrared - The Horsehead Nebula in infrared - The horse head nebula seen in infrared by the Hubble space telescope. This Hubble space telescope image shows the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) in infrared / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622358: Quartier de la rue Mouffetard in Paris. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622403: Detail in the nebula IC 1848 in Cassiopee - Close up of IC 1848 in Cassiopeia - Detail in the northern part of the nebula. IC 1848 close up in the northern portion of the nebula / Bridgeman Images

TEC4622455: Musee national du Middle Ages et des thermal baths de Cluny, 6 place Paul Painleve in Paris in the 5th arrondissement.The thermal baths of Cluny date from the end of the 3rd century. They were the largest of the three ancient establishments in the public baths of Lutece. / Bridgeman Images