FLO4657103: Performance of the comedie-ballet Princess of Navarre by Voltaire and Jean Philippe Rameau, at the Palace of Versailles. Lithograph after Charles Nicolas Cochin from Paul Lacroix 'The Eighteenth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes, London, 1876. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4657113: Masquerade party in a grand mirrored ballroom or Galerie des Glaces, 18th century. Chromolithograph after Charles Nicholas Cochin from Paul Lacroix 'The Eighteenth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes, London, 1876. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4657122: Fancy Ball at the House of Monsieur Villemorien Fila. Lithograph after Augustin de Saint-Aubin from Paul Lacroix 'The Eighteenth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes, London, 1876. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4657130: Ermengarde, daughter of Fulk IV the Quarreler, Count of Anjou, 1827 (engraving), Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4657141: Paranal Observatory, Chile 03/2008 - Paranal Observatory, Chile 03/2008 - Panorama of the Paranal Observatory at dusk. 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. March 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4657158: Moon and planets above the Paranal Observatory - Paranal Observatory, Venus - Mercury - Mars - Moon conjunction - The Moon with the Venus planets (the brightest at the bottom right of the Moon), Mercury (to the right of the Moon) and Mars (to the top right of the Moon), seen on 1 September 2008 at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. Moon - Venus - Mercury - Mars conjunction in twilight. Paranal Observatory, Chile. Sep 1st 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4657167: Paranal Observatory - Chile - Paranal Observatory - Chile - The lactee road above the Paranal Observatory in Chile. The road leading to the observatory is equipped with solar energy lighting that preserves the night sky from light pollution. On the right, the light halo of the city of Antofagasta, 120 km from the. 1 September 2008. Milky way above Paranal observatory, Chile. Sep 1st 2008. The road to the observatory is lightened by solar powered leds to avoid light pollution. At right, light pollution from the city of Antofagasta, 120 km away / Bridgeman Images

FLO4657200: Marie of Hainaut, wife of Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, 1827 (engraving), Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4657208: Woman of the court of Rene d'Anjou or Rene I of Naples, 1827 (engraving), Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4657248: Eleanor of Austria, second wife of King Francis I, 1827 (engraving), Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4657265: Woman of the court of King Francis I, 1827 (engraving), Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4657833: Michel Mayor - La Silla - Chile - 200 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4657844: Young girl of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. In distinctive embroidered cap with gold plate called a willow leaf above a veil, floral cotton camisole, silk apron and skirt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4657848: Betrothed girl of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a colourful cap, ruff, bodice, chemise, apron and petticoats. On her bosom is a gold box called a lamb of god. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4657861: Alain Maury - Alain Maury - French astronomer Alain Maury, a disopener of comets and many asteroids, founded his own private observatory in San Pedro de Atacama, in the Chilean Andes / Bridgeman Images

FLO4657868: Young lady of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. Her embroidered cap is adorned with large gold plates called willow leaves over a veil and can cost up to 400 guilders. She reads a letter and holds a bouquet of flowers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4657890: Young girl of the Canton of Unterwalden (now Obwalden and Nidwalden), Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a hat adorned with flowers and ribbons, a cap with ribbons, and an embroidered bib decorated with pearl rosettes (this is sometimes only painted cardboard). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4657892: Hubert Reeves 07 - 1998 - Hubert Reeves 07 - 199 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4657910: George Smoot visits CERN - George Smoot visiting the LHC - George Smoot visits the LHC CMS detector (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN. George Smoot, the 2006 Nobel Prize visiting CMS cavern at CERN / Bridgeman Images

FLO4657961: Young girl of the Canton of Basel, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a silk tricolor cap, fichu, laced bodice, embroidered bib, apron, and petticoats. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4658018: Woman of Bern in a horsehair lace bonnet, Switzerland, 19th century. The lace bonnet resemble a cockscomb, and contrasts with the elegant simplicity of her shirt, bodice, apron and petticoat. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4658026: Peasant girl of the environs of Kell am See, Germany, 19th century. She wears a small bonnet over her long pigtails, and carries a straw hat decorated with knots. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4658166: Woman of Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany, 19th century. She wears a tall hat trimmed with lace and decorated with ribbons, a white fichu tucked into a lowcut bodice and skirt in the same fabric, and a two-tone apron. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4658173: Servant girl (nanny with child) of Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany, 19th century. Her costume is richly decorated with gold braid and ribbons. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4658204: Santa Claus in Lapland - Santa Claus in Lapland - Santa Claus in Lapland. Levitunturi Summit, Kittila, Finland. Father Christmas in Lapland. Top of fell Levitunturi in Kittila, Finland / Bridgeman Images

FLO4658239: Fisherwoman of Bordeaux, France, 19th century. She wears a tall bonnet of fine organdy cotton for special occasions, bodice with openings at the waist to reveal the shirt, fichu, apron, and petticoats. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4658240: Young girl from the environs of Bamberg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century. In her Sunday clothes on her way to church, holding a prayer book, with her throat covered by a scarf, and her hair covered by a folded fichu, pleated petticoats and red stockings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Costumes of Various Countries, Costumes de Divers Pays, Paris, 1827., Gatine, Georges Jacques (1773-1831) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4659353: Horn of Africa - Somalia seen by space shuttle 05/1993 - Horn of Africa - Somalia seen by space shuttle 05/1993 - Mission STS - 55 02 - 05 - 199 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4659387: Black-throated trogon, Trogon rufus, female (Rufous curucui, Trogon rufus). Copied from Martinet's illustration of the Cayenne for Buffon Coucou a queue rousse. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822., Latham, John (1740-1837) / 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

FLO4659403: Black-billed barbet, Lybius guifsobalito (Abyssinian barbican, Bucco saltii). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822., Latham, John (1740-1837) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4659405: Brown-headed barbet, Megalaima zeylanica? (Buff-faced barbet, Bucco lathami). From a specimen labeled Megalaima lathami in the British Museum. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822., Latham, John (1740-1837) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4659416: Greater coucal or crow pheasant, Centropus sinensis (Chestnut coucal). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822., Latham, John (1740-1837) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4659431: Chad seen by satellite. - Chad seen by satellite on 22/10/2000 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4659469: Lake Chad seen from space - 05/2000 - Lake Chad seen from space - 05/2000 - Lake Chad seen by space shuttle Atlantis on 24 May 2000. Lake Chad seen from space shuttle Atlantis on May 24, 2000 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4659490: Rainbow bee-eater, Merops ornatus (Variegated bee-eater). Australia. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822., Latham, John (1740-1837) / Bridgeman Images