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
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
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
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
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
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
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