PIX4661450: Eruption of Kliuchevskoi volcano (Russia) seen from space - Kliuchevskoi volcano eruption 09/1994 - Kliuchevskoi volcano, Kamchatka peninsula (Russia), in activity observed by the shuttle Endeavour on 30/09/1994. View of the plume from the Kamchatka peninsula's newly erupted volcano. The eruption was photographed from space shuttle Endeavour / Bridgeman Images
PIX4661468: Eastern part of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. - Eastern part of Sumbawa island. Indonesia. - Image obtained by the Landsat-7 satellite. To the north of the island, the volcano Tambora, a huge stratovolcano 60 km in diameter. His eruption on April 10, 1815 was the deadliest in history. Image taken by the Landsat - 7 satellite. To the north is the Tambora volcano, a huge 60 km diameter volcano. Its eruption in april 1815 was the most destructive volcanic eruption in modern history / Bridgeman Images
PIX4661881: Eoraptor - The Eoraptor (Eoraptor lunensis) is a small bipede dinosaur, omnivorous, who lived during the Upper Triassic, between 230 and 225 million years BC. Eoraptor lunensis was one of the world's earliest dinosaurs. It was a two-legged carnivorous theropod that lived around 228 million years ago, in what is now the northwestern region of Argentina. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585383: Sundial of the Palais de Justice - Paris - Sundial on Palais de Justice in Paris - Sundial located on the southern facade (Quai des Orfevres) of the Palais de Justice in Paris. This dial of 1.70m by 1.20m consists of two sculptures: on the left, Time raises its fake, while on the right, Justice carries a balance and a swords. Dial motto: Hora fugit stat jus (The hour flees, justice remains) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585671: Prague Astronomical Clock - 15th century - The Prague Astronomical Clock - 15th century - The Prague Astronomical Clock - 15th century - The Prague City Hall Astronomical Clock, built by Nicholas of Kadau in 1410, and redesigned by Master Hanus de la Rose (Jan Ruze) around 1490. May 2007. (clock and calendar). Prague astronomical clock was made by clockmaker Mikulas of Kadan in 1410 and rearranged in 1490. May 2007 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585704: Prague Astronomical Clock - 15th century - The Prague Astronomical Clock - 15th century - The Prague Astronomical Clock - 15th century - The Prague City Hall Astronomical Clock, built by Nicholas of Kadau in 1410, and redesigned by Master Hanus de la Rose (Jan Ruze) around 1490. May 2007. (detail). Prague astronomical clock was made by clockmaker Mikulas of Kadan in 1410 and rearranged in 1490. May 2007 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585726: Prague Astronomical Clock - 15th century - The Prague Astronomical Clock - 15th century - The Prague Astronomical Clock - 15th century - The Prague City Hall Astronomical Clock, built by Nicholas of Kadau in 1410, and redesigned by Master Hanus de la Rose (Jan Ruze) around 1490. May 2007. Prague astronomical clock was made by clockmaker Mikulas of Kadan in 1410 and rearranged in 1490. May 2007 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585780: Prague Astronomical Clock - 15th century - The Prague Astronomical Clock - 15th century - The Prague Astronomical Clock - 15th century - The Prague City Hall Astronomical Clock, built by Nicholas of Kadau in 1410, and redesigned by Master Hanus de la Rose (Jan Ruze) around 1490. May 2007. Lower detail. Prague astronomical clock was made by clockmaker Mikulas of Kadan in 1410 and rearranged in 1490. May 2007. Bottom close up / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586064: Astronomical clock of Ploermel - 19th century - Astronomical clock - 19th century - Ploermel - France - Astronomical clock built from 1850 to 1855 by the Frere Bernardin (1812 - 1876). Morbihan. Astronomical clock built from 1850 to 1855 by Bernardin Morin. Ploermel, Morbihan, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4668299: The Oriental Park of Maulevrier is a Japanese garden located in Maulevrier, Maine-et-Loire, France. With 29 hectares it is today the largest Japanese garden in Europe. Organizing around an artificial lake fed by the Monk that crosses it from east to west, it contains about 300 plants, including azalees, camelias, rhododendrons, Japanese Maple, ginkgo biloba and others, with elements of traditional decoration of Japanese gardens such as red porticos (torii), stone lanterns (T r), or replica of a Khmer Buddhist temple. The designer of this space is the Parisian architect Alexandre Marcel (1860-1928), designer of the Cambodia pavilion at the 1900 Universal Exhibition - The Parc Oriental de Maulevrier is the largest Japanese garden in France. It is located in Maulevrier, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. - The park was created between 1899-1913 on the grounds of Chateau Colbert by architect Alexandre Marcel (1860-1928), designer of the Cambodia pavilion at the Exposition Universelle (1900) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4668694: Abbey of Fontevraud - Maine-et-Loire - Abbey of Fontevraud - Maine-et-Loire: The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fontevraud was founded by Robert d'Arbrissel in 1101. Located 15 km from Saumur in the Maine-et-Loire, it was classified as a historical monument in 1840 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 with the entire cultural site of the Loire Valley. The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Saumur, in Anjou, France. It was founded in 1101 by Robert of Arbrissel. The complex of monastic buildings served as a prison from 1804 to 1963 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669113: Dial of the Tower of the Clock - Auxerre - Clock on the clock tower in Auxerre - Clock with dials of the Tower of the Clock in Auxerre. This public clock was built in 1469 by a master watchmaker named Jean. It operated until 1812. The present mechanism dates back to 1817. The clock consists of two identical dials, one to the east (photo), the other to the west. The dials are divided into 24 hours: from noon to midnight, and from midnight to noon. A needle on which the Sun is depicted indicates the hours of the day. The second hand carries a globe with half black and half gold. This globe indicates the phases of the Moon. This needle indicates the lunar day, which is 24h49min. The stars pass to the Meridian (towards the south) when their image is at the top of the dial, on the number XII. Clock on the 15th century clock tower in Auxerre / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669950: Aurora boreale 12 - 2001 - Aurora borealis 12 - 2001 - Aurora boreale observed in Alaska, December 24, 2001. The film recorded much more colours than those visible by human vision; visually, only a slight green glow was perceived. Image taken on Christmas Eve of 2001. Often the film will pick up more color than we see visually at night and this is a good example. Our eyes are somewhat color blind in dim conditions but the film is not. Visually one could only see a little green / Bridgeman Images
PIX4669961: Aurora boreale observed in Norway - 02 - 2006 - Aurora at Booster Bay - Norway. Feb 16 2006 - Aurora Boreale observed near the Andoya launch centre in Norway, February 16, 2006. The launch center is visible on the left. This image is taken at the Andoya Rocket Range near Andenes Norway. The Rocket launch facility is at left and the bay gets its name from the fact that many rocket boosters end up in the water as research rockets are launched out over the Ocean. The facility at 69.2 degrees north latitude is the world's northernmost permenent launch facility and is located right in the auroral zone where the auroras might be visible any night that it is dark and clear. It is the Norwegians who pioneered the study of the aurora and first determined its altituded photographically over 100 years ago / Bridgeman Images
PIX4593057: Star Sky - Winter Hexagon - Under the Winter Hexagon: A couple observes the star sky in winter. The winter hexagon is an asterism formed by the stars Sirius, Procyon, Pollux, Capella, Aldebaran and Rigel. A couple admires the Northern winter sky. Above them, the Winter Hexagon can be seen / Bridgeman Images
PIX4593341: Constellations of the Little Lion and the Lion - Constellations of Leo Minor and Leo - Leo Minor the lesser Lion, is a constellation of the northern Spring and was created by Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687), first published in his 1690 atlas Firmamentum Sobiescianum. He is believed to have named the star 46 Leonis Minoris 'Praecipua' because it was the principal star in his new and not very distictive constellation, which at 232 square degrees is 64th largest. Leo Minor is due north of the distinctive sickle shape in Leo, and south of the hind leg of Ursa Major, 'The Great Bear' / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671029: Halo around the Sun - Sun Halo - Halos are due to the light of the Sun reflected by high-altitude clouds, cirrostratus, composed of ice crystals. They bend the light and cause a perfect circle around the Sun. Halos are caused by sunlight being refracted by cirro - stratus clouds. These are thin clouds, very high in the atmosphere, and are composed of ice crystals. They bend light at a 22 degree angle, which creates a halo around the sun that is 44 degrees in diameter / Bridgeman Images
PIX4671138: Rainbow at sunrise - Rainbow at sunrise - Arc - en - ciel observes 17 December 2005. At sunrise, the glowing light of the Sun caused an almost complete absence of blue and green colors in the rainbow. December 17, 2005. Rainbow seen at sunrise. Blue and green colors are almost invisible, because of this bright reddish sunshine / Bridgeman Images