FLO4650821: Brown-throated watt-eye, Platysteira cyanea (Show tody, Platystera lobata). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Ornithology: Flycatchers, Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1836. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4644624: MSG-2 (Meteosat 9) - Illustration of the European satellite MSG-2 (Meteosat Second Generation) or Meteosat 9 orbit the Earth. Launch on 21 December 2005, it is a geostationary satellite dedicated to meteorology. MSG - 2 in orbit around the Earth, illustration. The 2 - ton MSG - 2 was successfully lofted onto a geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5GS (V169), on December 21, together with India's Insat 4A satellite communication / Bridgeman Images
FLO4644762: Indian python, python bora, Python molurus, and New Guinea bockadam, double-ray hurriah, Cerberus rynchops. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Sciences”” 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Plee, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4644786: The Hubble Space Telescope before launch - The Hubble Space Telescope - Satellite in preparation at the Kennedy Space Center before launch. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is lifted into the vertical position in the Vertical Processing Facility as work begins at Kennedy Space Center to process the 94 - inch primary mirror telescope for launch on Discovery on Space Shuttle Mission STS - 31 in March 1990. With HST, astronomers will be able to view 97 percent of the known universe, and will be able to get pictures unlimited and undistorted by the Earth's atmosphere. Compared with earth - based observatories, the HST will be able to view celestial objects that are 50 times fainter, provide images that are 10 times sharper, and see objects that are seven times farther awa / Bridgeman Images
FLO4644789: Lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, large lamprey. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Sciences”” 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Miss Louvier, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4644882: Spiny dogfish, dogfish, Squalus acanthias and catshark, Tigree redfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Sciences”” 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Forestier, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4644903: Hubble Space Telescope: 1st maintenance mission 12 - 1993 - Astronaut Kathryn Thornton during servicing of HST 12 - 1993 - Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton in the cargo compartment of the shuttle Endeavour during the fourth extravehicular exit. Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton works with equipment associated with servicing chores on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the fourth space walk on the eleven day STS - 61 mission / Bridgeman Images
FLO4645005: Banded grunt, Pomadasys furcatus, Pristipome pique, and squirrelfish, Holocentrus ascensionis, Holocentre sogo. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Sciences”” 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. / Bridgeman Images