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The Earth 650 million years ago - Artist's view - Snowball Earth - The Earth seen in a period of glaciation (Varanger glaciation), about 650 to 630 million years ago. This is how the Earth may have appeared about 650 million years ago during a period when snow and ice may have covered most, if not all, of the Earth's surface and oceans. This image suggests the Earth's appearance during the Marinoan glaciation from 650 to 630 million years ago. The southern and eastern hemispheres are dominated by glacier - covered land masses while the opposing hemisphere is frozen ocean save for a few areas of exposed liquid water, AKA refugia for the Earth's surviving soft - bodied multicellular organisms. In addition to the Marinoan glaciation there may have been at least two, and possibly three previous Proterozoic glacial periods going back to two billion years ago. The causes of these snowball periods are unknown but may have been due to massive volcanic eruptions, massive meteoritic impacts (bot

The Earth 650 million years ago - Artist's view - Snowball Earth - The Earth seen in a period of glaciation (Varanger glaciation), about 650 to 630 million years ago. This is how the Earth may have appeared about 650 million years ago during a period when snow and ice may have covered most, if not all, of the Earth's surface and oceans. This image suggests the Earth's appearance during the Marinoan glaciation from 650 to 630 million years ago. The southern and eastern hemispheres are dominated by glacier - covered land masses while the opposing hemisphere is frozen ocean save for a few areas of exposed liquid water, AKA refugia for the Earth's surviving soft - bodied multicellular organisms. In addition to the Marinoan glaciation there may have been at least two, and possibly three previous Proterozoic glacial periods going back to two billion years ago. The causes of these snowball periods are unknown but may have been due to massive volcanic eruptions, massive meteoritic impacts (bot

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Planetary nebula NGC 5189 in the fly - This nebula is located about 3000 light years from Earth in the southern constellation of the fly. Image obtained by the Gemini and Hubble telescopes (HST). NGC 5189 is a planetary nebula. At the end of its life, a star with a mass less than eight times that of the Sun will blow its outer layers away, giving rise to a planetary nebula. Some of these stellar puffballs are almost round, resembling huge soap bubbles or giant planets (hence the name), but others, such as NGC 5189 are more intricate. In particular, this planetary nebula exhibits a curious S” - shaped profile, with a central bar that is most likely the projection of an inner ring of gas discharged by the star, seen edge on. The details of the physical processes producing such a complex symmetry from a simple, spherical star are still the object of astronomical controversy. One possibility is that the star has a very close (but unseen) companion. Over time the orbits drift due to precess

Planetary nebula NGC 5189 in the fly - This nebula is located about 3000 light years from Earth in the southern constellation of the fly. Image obtained by the Gemini and Hubble telescopes (HST). NGC 5189 is a planetary nebula. At the end of its life, a star with a mass less than eight times that of the Sun will blow its outer layers away, giving rise to a planetary nebula. Some of these stellar puffballs are almost round, resembling huge soap bubbles or giant planets (hence the name), but others, such as NGC 5189 are more intricate. In particular, this planetary nebula exhibits a curious S” - shaped profile, with a central bar that is most likely the projection of an inner ring of gas discharged by the star, seen edge on. The details of the physical processes producing such a complex symmetry from a simple, spherical star are still the object of astronomical controversy. One possibility is that the star has a very close (but unseen) companion. Over time the orbits drift due to precess

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Pluto seen by the probe New Horizons - Pluto seen by New Horizons: View of the Norgay Montes and Hillary Montes mountains, young 3500 metres high; on the right, east of the Sputnik Plannum plain. Image taken by the New Horizons probe on July 14, 2015 at a distance of 18,000 km from the dwarf planet. Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft looked back towards the sun and captured this near-sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto's horizon. The smooth expanse of the informally named icy plain Sputnik Planum (right) is flanked to the west (left) by rugged mountains up to 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) high, including the informally named Norgay Montes in the foreground and Hillary Montes on the skyline. To the right, east of Sputnik, rougher terrain is cut by apparent glaciers. The backlighting highlights more than a dozen layers of haze in Pluto's tenuous but distended atmosphere. The image w

Pluto seen by the probe New Horizons - Pluto seen by New Horizons: View of the Norgay Montes and Hillary Montes mountains, young 3500 metres high; on the right, east of the Sputnik Plannum plain. Image taken by the New Horizons probe on July 14, 2015 at a distance of 18,000 km from the dwarf planet. Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft looked back towards the sun and captured this near-sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto's horizon. The smooth expanse of the informally named icy plain Sputnik Planum (right) is flanked to the west (left) by rugged mountains up to 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) high, including the informally named Norgay Montes in the foreground and Hillary Montes on the skyline. To the right, east of Sputnik, rougher terrain is cut by apparent glaciers. The backlighting highlights more than a dozen layers of haze in Pluto's tenuous but distended atmosphere. The image w

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Apollo 17: orange soil on the Moon - Apollo 17: the orange soil - View of orange soil, rich in zinc, probably of volcanic origin. Station 4, near the Shorty Crater. 12/12/1972. A view of the area at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) showing the now highly - publicized orange soil which the Apollo 17 crew members found on the moon during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus - Littrow landing site. The tripod - like object is the gnomon and photometric chart assembly which is used as a photographic reference to establish local vertical sun angle, scale and lunar color. The gnomon is one of the Apollo lunar geology hand tools. While astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, commander, and Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) “” Challenger”” to explore the Taurus - Littrow region of the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) “” America”” in lunar orbit. Schmitt was the crew man

Apollo 17: orange soil on the Moon - Apollo 17: the orange soil - View of orange soil, rich in zinc, probably of volcanic origin. Station 4, near the Shorty Crater. 12/12/1972. A view of the area at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) showing the now highly - publicized orange soil which the Apollo 17 crew members found on the moon during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus - Littrow landing site. The tripod - like object is the gnomon and photometric chart assembly which is used as a photographic reference to establish local vertical sun angle, scale and lunar color. The gnomon is one of the Apollo lunar geology hand tools. While astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, commander, and Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) “” Challenger”” to explore the Taurus - Littrow region of the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) “” America”” in lunar orbit. Schmitt was the crew man

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Mars seen by the Hubble Space Telescope - 2016 - Mars in opposition 2016 - Image obtained on 12 May 2016 a few days before the opposition of Mars when the planet was only 80 million km away from Earth. This image shows planet Mars, as it was observed shortly before opposition in 2016, taken when the planet was 50 million miles from Earth on May 12, 2016. by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The photo reveals details as small as 20 miles to 30 miles across. This observation was made just a few days before March opposition on May 22, when the sun and Mars will be on exact opposite sides of Earth. Mars also will be 47.4 million miles from Earth. On May 30, Mars will be the closest it has been to Earth in 11 years, at a distance of 46.8 million miles. Some prominent features of the planet are clearly visible: the ancient and inactive shield volcano Syrtis Major; the bright and oval Hellas Planitia basin; the heavily eroded Arabia Terra in the centre of the image; the dark features of Si

Mars seen by the Hubble Space Telescope - 2016 - Mars in opposition 2016 - Image obtained on 12 May 2016 a few days before the opposition of Mars when the planet was only 80 million km away from Earth. This image shows planet Mars, as it was observed shortly before opposition in 2016, taken when the planet was 50 million miles from Earth on May 12, 2016. by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The photo reveals details as small as 20 miles to 30 miles across. This observation was made just a few days before March opposition on May 22, when the sun and Mars will be on exact opposite sides of Earth. Mars also will be 47.4 million miles from Earth. On May 30, Mars will be the closest it has been to Earth in 11 years, at a distance of 46.8 million miles. Some prominent features of the planet are clearly visible: the ancient and inactive shield volcano Syrtis Major; the bright and oval Hellas Planitia basin; the heavily eroded Arabia Terra in the centre of the image; the dark features of Si

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Earthly Paradise, first half of 15th century. The pageant of the church triumphant. In the centre foreground are the seven golden candlesticks with flaming lights. To the right are the twenty four elders dressed in white and crowned with golden fleurs-de-lys, the books of the Old Testament. Above are the sun, moon, and stars. In the centre, above are the four animals symbolic of the four Gospels.To the left of the car are the three theological virtues dressed in red, white and green. Above, to the left, are the four cardinal virtues with their heads garlanded with flowers. Below are four elders, the canonical epistles, and behind, to the left, the solitary elder, St John the Divine, in a trance, clothed in blue and with a halo. In the background is the tree of knowledge, with the serpent with a woman's face entwined around the trunk.

Earthly Paradise, first half of 15th century. The pageant of the church triumphant. In the centre foreground are the seven golden candlesticks with flaming lights. To the right are the twenty four elders dressed in white and crowned with golden fleurs-de-lys, the books of the Old Testament. Above are the sun, moon, and stars. In the centre, above are the four animals symbolic of the four Gospels.To the left of the car are the three theological virtues dressed in red, white and green. Above, to the left, are the four cardinal virtues with their heads garlanded with flowers. Below are four elders, the canonical epistles, and behind, to the left, the solitary elder, St John the Divine, in a trance, clothed in blue and with a halo. In the background is the tree of knowledge, with the serpent with a woman's face entwined around the trunk.

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The agitator of Languedoc Bernard Delicieux (1260-1318), Franciscan monk during his trial, 1887 (oil on canvas)

The agitator of Languedoc Bernard Delicieux (1260-1318), Franciscan monk during his trial, 1887 (oil on canvas)

Laurens, Jean Paul (1838-1921)

Photo Josse

JLJ4687223

Oslo 1954-03: Filmball at the Grand Hotel. In the middle of the snow slap and Mondays, Oslo gets the frivolous whim to want to play Hollywood for an evening and one night …, 1954 (photo)

Oslo 1954-03: Filmball at the Grand Hotel. In the middle of the snow slap and Mondays, Oslo gets the frivolous whim to want to play Hollywood for an evening and one night …, 1954 (photo)

Sverre A. Børretzen

NTB8700053

Nepal: Non-Hindu visitors view the Pashupatinath Temple complex from the chaityas (small Buddhist shrines) across the Bagmati River next to the complex, Kathmandu (1997) (photo)

Nepal: Non-Hindu visitors view the Pashupatinath Temple complex from the chaityas (small Buddhist shrines) across the Bagmati River next to the complex, Kathmandu (1997) (photo)

Chaweewan Chuchuay

PFH2641761

Nepal: Miniature lingams and bangles for sale in the Pashupatinath Temple complex, Kathmandu (photo)

Nepal: Miniature lingams and bangles for sale in the Pashupatinath Temple complex, Kathmandu (photo)

Rainer Krack

PFH2641762

Nepal: A wrapped body awaits cremation at Arya Ghat (Steps of the Nobles), Pashupatinath, Kathmandu (photo)

Nepal: A wrapped body awaits cremation at Arya Ghat (Steps of the Nobles), Pashupatinath, Kathmandu (photo)

Rainer Krack

PFH2641763

Nepal: A sweeper at the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu

Nepal: A sweeper at the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu

Chaweewan Chuchuay

PFH1773739

Nepal: A sadhu stands in front of the Bagmati River, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Nepal: A sadhu stands in front of the Bagmati River, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Rainer Krack

PFH1773742

Nepal: Religious paraphernalia including pictuers of Hindu gods and saints, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Nepal: Religious paraphernalia including pictuers of Hindu gods and saints, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Rainer Krack

PFH1773882

Nepal: A woodcarving of the Hindu god Shiva in his guise as Lord of Dance, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Nepal: A woodcarving of the Hindu god Shiva in his guise as Lord of Dance, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Chaweewan Chuchuay

PFH1774252

Nepal: Arya Ghat (Steps of the Nobles), Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Nepal: Arya Ghat (Steps of the Nobles), Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Chaweewan Chuchuay

PFH1774257

Nepal: Arya Ghat (Steps of the Nobles), Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Nepal: Arya Ghat (Steps of the Nobles), Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Chaweewan Chuchuay

PFH1774259

Nepal: Erotic carving detail from the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley (1997)

Nepal: Erotic carving detail from the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley (1997)

Chaweewan Chuchuay

PFH2635928

Constellation of Centaurus - Constellation of Centaurus - Also visible are the constellations of the Compas, the Southern Cross, the Rulle and the Wolf. Centaurus (the Centaur), is in one of the richest parts of the southern sky. At over 1000 square degrees it is the ninth largest constellation. It represents a centaur in Greek mythology, a half - man half - horse creature (Sagittarius is another). The learned centaur is the legendary inventor of the main constellations. Apart from a sparkling scattering of stars, the constellation also embraces one of the finest globular clusters, Omega Centauri and a few degrees north of it NGC 5128, the radio galaxy Centaurus A. Close to a Centaurus, the brightest star in the picture and, with ss Centaurus, one of the Pointers to the Southern Cross, is Proxima Cen. This faint star is not seen in this image, but at 4 light years distant is the closest star to the Sun. Norma, (originally Norma and Regula, the builder's level and set square) is an insi

Constellation of Centaurus - Constellation of Centaurus - Also visible are the constellations of the Compas, the Southern Cross, the Rulle and the Wolf. Centaurus (the Centaur), is in one of the richest parts of the southern sky. At over 1000 square degrees it is the ninth largest constellation. It represents a centaur in Greek mythology, a half - man half - horse creature (Sagittarius is another). The learned centaur is the legendary inventor of the main constellations. Apart from a sparkling scattering of stars, the constellation also embraces one of the finest globular clusters, Omega Centauri and a few degrees north of it NGC 5128, the radio galaxy Centaurus A. Close to a Centaurus, the brightest star in the picture and, with ss Centaurus, one of the Pointers to the Southern Cross, is Proxima Cen. This faint star is not seen in this image, but at 4 light years distant is the closest star to the Sun. Norma, (originally Norma and Regula, the builder's level and set square) is an insi

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Eagle Nebula (IC 4703) and M16 star cluster in the Snake - The dust lanes in Messier 16 (NGC 6611) - Located in the Snake, this nebula is about 6000 years away from Earth. The M16 star cluster is a cluster of young stars formed about 2 million years ago in the Eagle nebula, IC 4703. These stars are much warmer than the Sun and can be 30 times more massive. Image made with Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. There are few clearer examples anywhere of the intimate relationship between dust, gas and young stars than M16. We see a young cluster of stars (NGC 6611) which formed about 2 million years ago, illuminating a cloud of hydrogen gas. The gas is also dusty, and in places the dust is dense enough to prevent starlight from reaching the gas and making it glow with its distinctive red hue. The luminous hydrogen provides a vivid background against which are seen numerous dark lanes and discrete globules of dust. Many of the dusty clouds are edged with bright rims which indicate the direction

Eagle Nebula (IC 4703) and M16 star cluster in the Snake - The dust lanes in Messier 16 (NGC 6611) - Located in the Snake, this nebula is about 6000 years away from Earth. The M16 star cluster is a cluster of young stars formed about 2 million years ago in the Eagle nebula, IC 4703. These stars are much warmer than the Sun and can be 30 times more massive. Image made with Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. There are few clearer examples anywhere of the intimate relationship between dust, gas and young stars than M16. We see a young cluster of stars (NGC 6611) which formed about 2 million years ago, illuminating a cloud of hydrogen gas. The gas is also dusty, and in places the dust is dense enough to prevent starlight from reaching the gas and making it glow with its distinctive red hue. The luminous hydrogen provides a vivid background against which are seen numerous dark lanes and discrete globules of dust. Many of the dusty clouds are edged with bright rims which indicate the direction

PIX4619969

Nepal: Panchadevel Temple in the Pashupatinath Temple complex, Kathmandu (photo)

Nepal: Panchadevel Temple in the Pashupatinath Temple complex, Kathmandu (photo)

Chaweewan Chuchuay

PFH2642438

Nepal: Late afternoon at the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu

Nepal: Late afternoon at the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu

Rainer Krack

PFH1773740

Nepal: Preparing a funeral pyre on the banks of the Bagmati River, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Nepal: Preparing a funeral pyre on the banks of the Bagmati River, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Rainer Krack

PFH1773747

Nepal: Decorative Hindu figure at the Pashupatinath Temple complex, Kathmandu

Nepal: Decorative Hindu figure at the Pashupatinath Temple complex, Kathmandu

Rainer Krack

PFH1773886

Nepal: A sadhu (holy man) with a young disciple at Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Nepal: A sadhu (holy man) with a young disciple at Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

Rainer Krack

PFH1774260

Nepal: Erotic carving detail from the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley (1997)

Nepal: Erotic carving detail from the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley (1997)

Chaweewan Chuchuay

PFH2635929

Nepal: Erotic carving detail from the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley (1997)

Nepal: Erotic carving detail from the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley (1997)

Chaweewan Chuchuay

PFH2635925

Constellation of Centaurus - Constellation of Centaurus - Also visible are the constellations of the Compas, the Southern Cross, the Rulle and the Wolf. Centaurus (the Centaur), is in one of the richest parts of the southern sky. At over 1000 square degrees it is the ninth largest constellation. It represents a centaur in Greek mythology, a half - man half - horse creature (Sagittarius is another). The learned centaur is the legendary inventor of the main constellations. Apart from a sparkling scattering of stars, the constellation also embraces one of the finest globular clusters, Omega Centauri and a few degrees north of it NGC 5128, the radio galaxy Centaurus A. Close to a Centaurus, the brightest star in the picture and, with ss Centaurus, one of the Pointers to the Southern Cross, is Proxima Cen. This faint star is not seen in this image, but at 4 light years distant is the closest star to the Sun. Norma, (originally Norma and Regula, the builder's level and set square) is an insi

Constellation of Centaurus - Constellation of Centaurus - Also visible are the constellations of the Compas, the Southern Cross, the Rulle and the Wolf. Centaurus (the Centaur), is in one of the richest parts of the southern sky. At over 1000 square degrees it is the ninth largest constellation. It represents a centaur in Greek mythology, a half - man half - horse creature (Sagittarius is another). The learned centaur is the legendary inventor of the main constellations. Apart from a sparkling scattering of stars, the constellation also embraces one of the finest globular clusters, Omega Centauri and a few degrees north of it NGC 5128, the radio galaxy Centaurus A. Close to a Centaurus, the brightest star in the picture and, with ss Centaurus, one of the Pointers to the Southern Cross, is Proxima Cen. This faint star is not seen in this image, but at 4 light years distant is the closest star to the Sun. Norma, (originally Norma and Regula, the builder's level and set square) is an insi

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Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) in the Sea bream - Around the Tarantula nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud - The Tarantula Nebula (or 30 Bream bream) is the largest star-forming region of the Great Magellan Cloud. It is located 170,000 light years ago in the constellation Dorado (southern hemisphere). At the center of this nebula, the open cluster of R136 stars, clusters of hot and massive stars. Mosaic of 14 images, 70 hours of cumulative poses. Known as the Tarantula Nebula for its spidery appearance, the 30 Doradus complex is a huge stellar factory. It is the largest emission nebula in the sky, and can be seen far down in the southern sky at a distance of about 170,000 light - years, in the southern constellation Dorado. It is part of one of the Milky Way's neighbouring galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Tarantula Nebula is thought to contain more than half a million times the mass of the Sun in gas and this vast, blazing labyrinth hosts some of the most massive stars known. Su

Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) in the Sea bream - Around the Tarantula nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud - The Tarantula Nebula (or 30 Bream bream) is the largest star-forming region of the Great Magellan Cloud. It is located 170,000 light years ago in the constellation Dorado (southern hemisphere). At the center of this nebula, the open cluster of R136 stars, clusters of hot and massive stars. Mosaic of 14 images, 70 hours of cumulative poses. Known as the Tarantula Nebula for its spidery appearance, the 30 Doradus complex is a huge stellar factory. It is the largest emission nebula in the sky, and can be seen far down in the southern sky at a distance of about 170,000 light - years, in the southern constellation Dorado. It is part of one of the Milky Way's neighbouring galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Tarantula Nebula is thought to contain more than half a million times the mass of the Sun in gas and this vast, blazing labyrinth hosts some of the most massive stars known. Su

R. Gendler

PIX4618276

China: The face or 'heavenly dial' of a 'luopan' Chinese magnetic compass, also known as a 'Feng Shui compass'

China: The face or 'heavenly dial' of a 'luopan' Chinese magnetic compass, also known as a 'Feng Shui compass'

PFH2635568

Lactee and Jupiter - Milky way and Jupiter - The Lactee Way accompanied by Jupiter, the bright planet on the left, seen from Cherry Springs State Park in the United States. The center of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, sets in the southwest as night begins at the Cherry Springs State Park, one of the darkest observing locations in the eastern United States. The Milky Way is a vast collection of more than 200 billion stars, planets, nebulae, clusters, dust and gas. Our own Sun and solar system are also part of the Milky Way galaxy. Seen as a luminous band of light and star clouds that stretch across the night sky, the brighter star clouds of the Milky Way are frequently mistaken for real Earth-bound clouds by observers who are unfamiliar with their appearance. Sometimes interrupted by dark nebulae and rifts, these star clouds are actually innumerable unresolved faint stars. The central bulge of the Milky Way, the brightest and most spectacular portion, is visible here in the Sagittarius

Lactee and Jupiter - Milky way and Jupiter - The Lactee Way accompanied by Jupiter, the bright planet on the left, seen from Cherry Springs State Park in the United States. The center of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, sets in the southwest as night begins at the Cherry Springs State Park, one of the darkest observing locations in the eastern United States. The Milky Way is a vast collection of more than 200 billion stars, planets, nebulae, clusters, dust and gas. Our own Sun and solar system are also part of the Milky Way galaxy. Seen as a luminous band of light and star clouds that stretch across the night sky, the brighter star clouds of the Milky Way are frequently mistaken for real Earth-bound clouds by observers who are unfamiliar with their appearance. Sometimes interrupted by dark nebulae and rifts, these star clouds are actually innumerable unresolved faint stars. The central bulge of the Milky Way, the brightest and most spectacular portion, is visible here in the Sagittarius

Jerry Lodriguss

PIX4637237

The European launch vehicle Vega - Illustration - European Vega Launcher - Illustration - Vega is a European Space Agency (ESA) launcher capable of placing a payload of up to 2 tonnes in low orbit. It is expected that it will join from 2010 the range of launchers of the space agency, which includes launchers Soyuz and Ariane. Under development since 1998, the Vega launcher is an all - solid three - stage vehicle with a liquid - fuelled injection module, based on proven technologies from Ariane 5 booster stages and Fiatavio's Zefiro solid rocket motor. Vega will be marketed and operated by Arianespace, in parallel to Ariane 5. Vega is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. This range of performance covers th

The European launch vehicle Vega - Illustration - European Vega Launcher - Illustration - Vega is a European Space Agency (ESA) launcher capable of placing a payload of up to 2 tonnes in low orbit. It is expected that it will join from 2010 the range of launchers of the space agency, which includes launchers Soyuz and Ariane. Under development since 1998, the Vega launcher is an all - solid three - stage vehicle with a liquid - fuelled injection module, based on proven technologies from Ariane 5 booster stages and Fiatavio's Zefiro solid rocket motor. Vega will be marketed and operated by Arianespace, in parallel to Ariane 5. Vega is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. This range of performance covers th

PIX4604554

Overhead side view of a Sunbittern, with a slender bill for picking up prey, and long, wading legs. The plumage is intricately barred, striped and mottled in black, brown, olive, and grey. In flight a large, dark eye-spot is reavealed on the wings

Overhead side view of a Sunbittern, with a slender bill for picking up prey, and long, wading legs. The plumage is intricately barred, striped and mottled in black, brown, olive, and grey. In flight a large, dark eye-spot is reavealed on the wings

UDK5443616

The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment

Palestinian School (18th century)

CH5974502

China: The face or 'heavenly dial' of a 'luopan' Chinese magnetic compass, also known as a 'Feng Shui compass'

China: The face or 'heavenly dial' of a 'luopan' Chinese magnetic compass, also known as a 'Feng Shui compass'

PFH2635567

China: The face or 'heavenly dial' of a 'luopan' Chinese magnetic compass, also known as a 'Feng Shui compass', incorporating the 'bagua' or eight trigrams

China: The face or 'heavenly dial' of a 'luopan' Chinese magnetic compass, also known as a 'Feng Shui compass', incorporating the 'bagua' or eight trigrams

PFH2635569

Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) in the Sea bream - Around the Tarantula nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud - The Tarantula Nebula (or 30 Bream bream) is the largest star-forming region of the Great Magellan Cloud. It is located 170,000 light years ago in the constellation Dorado (southern hemisphere). At the center of this nebula, the open cluster of R136 stars, clusters of hot and massive stars. Mosaic of 14 images, 70 hours of cumulative poses. Known as the Tarantula Nebula for its spidery appearance, the 30 Doradus complex is a huge stellar factory. It is the largest emission nebula in the sky, and can be seen far down in the southern sky at a distance of about 170,000 light - years, in the southern constellation Dorado. It is part of one of the Milky Way's neighbouring galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Tarantula Nebula is thought to contain more than half a million times the mass of the Sun in gas and this vast, blazing labyrinth hosts some of the most massive stars known. Su

Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) in the Sea bream - Around the Tarantula nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud - The Tarantula Nebula (or 30 Bream bream) is the largest star-forming region of the Great Magellan Cloud. It is located 170,000 light years ago in the constellation Dorado (southern hemisphere). At the center of this nebula, the open cluster of R136 stars, clusters of hot and massive stars. Mosaic of 14 images, 70 hours of cumulative poses. Known as the Tarantula Nebula for its spidery appearance, the 30 Doradus complex is a huge stellar factory. It is the largest emission nebula in the sky, and can be seen far down in the southern sky at a distance of about 170,000 light - years, in the southern constellation Dorado. It is part of one of the Milky Way's neighbouring galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Tarantula Nebula is thought to contain more than half a million times the mass of the Sun in gas and this vast, blazing labyrinth hosts some of the most massive stars known. Su

R. Gendler

PIX4618298

Star V838 Monocerotis. 09/2006 - V838 Monocerotis seen by the Hubble space telescope. 09/2006 - This variable star is located about 20,000 years ago - light from Earth in the constellation of Unicorn. Beginning in 2002, this star illuminated temporarily becoming one of the brightest stars in the sky. Viewed here in September 2006 by the Hubble space telescope, the light echo reveals details in the interstellar dust surrounding the star. Light from a star that erupted almost five years ago continues propagating outward through a cloud of dust surrounding the star. The light reflects or “” echoes”” off the dust and then travels to Earth. Because of the extra distance the scattered light travels, it reaches the Earth long after the light from the stellar outburst itself. Therefore, a light echo is an analog of a sound echo produced, for example, when sound from an Alpine yodeler echoes off of the surrounding mountainsides. The echo comes from the unusual variable star V838 Monocerotis (V8

Star V838 Monocerotis. 09/2006 - V838 Monocerotis seen by the Hubble space telescope. 09/2006 - This variable star is located about 20,000 years ago - light from Earth in the constellation of Unicorn. Beginning in 2002, this star illuminated temporarily becoming one of the brightest stars in the sky. Viewed here in September 2006 by the Hubble space telescope, the light echo reveals details in the interstellar dust surrounding the star. Light from a star that erupted almost five years ago continues propagating outward through a cloud of dust surrounding the star. The light reflects or “” echoes”” off the dust and then travels to Earth. Because of the extra distance the scattered light travels, it reaches the Earth long after the light from the stellar outburst itself. Therefore, a light echo is an analog of a sound echo produced, for example, when sound from an Alpine yodeler echoes off of the surrounding mountainsides. The echo comes from the unusual variable star V838 Monocerotis (V8

PIX4572319

The European launch vehicle Vega - Illustration - European Vega Launcher - Illustration - Vega is a European Space Agency (ESA) launcher capable of placing a payload of up to 2 tonnes in low orbit. It is expected that it will join from 2010 the range of launchers of the space agency, which includes launchers Soyuz and Ariane. Under development since 1998, the Vega launcher is an all - solid three - stage vehicle with a liquid - fuelled injection module, based on proven technologies from Ariane 5 booster stages and Fiatavio's Zefiro solid rocket motor. Vega will be marketed and operated by Arianespace, in parallel to Ariane 5. Vega is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. This range of performance covers th

The European launch vehicle Vega - Illustration - European Vega Launcher - Illustration - Vega is a European Space Agency (ESA) launcher capable of placing a payload of up to 2 tonnes in low orbit. It is expected that it will join from 2010 the range of launchers of the space agency, which includes launchers Soyuz and Ariane. Under development since 1998, the Vega launcher is an all - solid three - stage vehicle with a liquid - fuelled injection module, based on proven technologies from Ariane 5 booster stages and Fiatavio's Zefiro solid rocket motor. Vega will be marketed and operated by Arianespace, in parallel to Ariane 5. Vega is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. This range of performance covers th

PIX4604568

Martian dunes in Spring - March: Spring view of Dunes - Detail on sand dunes near the north pole of Mars. These dunes are covered with carbon dioxide gel during the Martian winter. In spring, dark streaks appear, sand flows caused by the degel. Image obtained by the HIRISE camera of the Mars Reconnaissance probe orbiter on April 7, 2008. HIRISE is a 50 cm telescope that observes visible and near infrared. Falling Material Kicks Up Cloud of Dust on Dunes. There is a vast region of sand dunes at high northern latitudes on Mars. In the winter, a layer of carbon dioxide ice covers the dunes, and in the spring as the sun warms the ice it evaporates. This is a very active process, and sand dislodged from the crests of the dunes cascades down, forming dark streaks. In thid image falling material has kicked up a small cloud of dust. The color of the ice surrounding adjacent streaks of material suggests that dust has settled on the ice at the bottom after similar events. Also discernible in thi

Martian dunes in Spring - March: Spring view of Dunes - Detail on sand dunes near the north pole of Mars. These dunes are covered with carbon dioxide gel during the Martian winter. In spring, dark streaks appear, sand flows caused by the degel. Image obtained by the HIRISE camera of the Mars Reconnaissance probe orbiter on April 7, 2008. HIRISE is a 50 cm telescope that observes visible and near infrared. Falling Material Kicks Up Cloud of Dust on Dunes. There is a vast region of sand dunes at high northern latitudes on Mars. In the winter, a layer of carbon dioxide ice covers the dunes, and in the spring as the sun warms the ice it evaporates. This is a very active process, and sand dislodged from the crests of the dunes cascades down, forming dark streaks. In thid image falling material has kicked up a small cloud of dust. The color of the ice surrounding adjacent streaks of material suggests that dust has settled on the ice at the bottom after similar events. Also discernible in thi

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Centaur Omega globular cluster - NGC 5139, Omega Centauri globular cluster - Visible to the naked eye in the southern hemisphere, Centaurus Omega is the most massive globular cluster in the galaxy. About 17,000 light years ago, millions of stars nearly 12 billion years old are concentrated here. This image obtained by the ACS camera of the Hubble space telescope and observations made by the southern Gemini telescope seem to indicate the presence of a black hole in the center of the cluster. NGC 5139 is the largest and most spectacular globular cluster in the entire night sky, and the largest in our galaxy. At 36 arc minutes, Omega Centauri is larger than the full moon in apparent size. It is located about 17,000 light years away from our Sun and at 4th magnitude, is easily visible without a telescope as a “” star”” in the constellation of Centaurus. It contains about 2 million stars, almost twice as many as M13. This composite image obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard

Centaur Omega globular cluster - NGC 5139, Omega Centauri globular cluster - Visible to the naked eye in the southern hemisphere, Centaurus Omega is the most massive globular cluster in the galaxy. About 17,000 light years ago, millions of stars nearly 12 billion years old are concentrated here. This image obtained by the ACS camera of the Hubble space telescope and observations made by the southern Gemini telescope seem to indicate the presence of a black hole in the center of the cluster. NGC 5139 is the largest and most spectacular globular cluster in the entire night sky, and the largest in our galaxy. At 36 arc minutes, Omega Centauri is larger than the full moon in apparent size. It is located about 17,000 light years away from our Sun and at 4th magnitude, is easily visible without a telescope as a “” star”” in the constellation of Centaurus. It contains about 2 million stars, almost twice as many as M13. This composite image obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard

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Star V838 Monocerotis. 11/2005 - Star V838 Monocerotis seen by the Hubble space telescope. 11/2005 - This variable star is located about 20,000 years ago - light from Earth in the constellation Unicorn. Beginning in 2002, this star illuminated temporarily becoming one of the brightest stars in the sky. Viewed here in November 2005 by the Hubble space telescope, the light echo reveals details in the interstellar dust surrounding the star. Light from a star that erupted almost five years ago continues propagating outward through a cloud of dust surrounding the star. The light reflects or “” echoes”” off the dust and then travels to Earth. Because of the extra distance the scattered light travels, it reaches the Earth long after the light from the stellar outburst itself. Therefore, a light echo is an analog of a sound echo produced, for example, when sound from an Alpine yodeler echoes off of the surrounding mountainsides. The echo comes from the unusual variable star V838 Monocerotis (V

Star V838 Monocerotis. 11/2005 - Star V838 Monocerotis seen by the Hubble space telescope. 11/2005 - This variable star is located about 20,000 years ago - light from Earth in the constellation Unicorn. Beginning in 2002, this star illuminated temporarily becoming one of the brightest stars in the sky. Viewed here in November 2005 by the Hubble space telescope, the light echo reveals details in the interstellar dust surrounding the star. Light from a star that erupted almost five years ago continues propagating outward through a cloud of dust surrounding the star. The light reflects or “” echoes”” off the dust and then travels to Earth. Because of the extra distance the scattered light travels, it reaches the Earth long after the light from the stellar outburst itself. Therefore, a light echo is an analog of a sound echo produced, for example, when sound from an Alpine yodeler echoes off of the surrounding mountainsides. The echo comes from the unusual variable star V838 Monocerotis (V

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Malaysia / China: Carving of the god Erlang Shen, depicting his role in the 16th Century Ming Dynasty novel 'Fengshen Yanyi' ('Investiture of the Gods'). From Ping Sien Si Temple, Pasir Panjang Laut

Malaysia / China: Carving of the god Erlang Shen, depicting his role in the 16th Century Ming Dynasty novel 'Fengshen Yanyi' ('Investiture of the Gods'). From Ping Sien Si Temple, Pasir Panjang Laut

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Sombrero M104 Spiral Galaxy - Visible Composite - Infrared - The Sombrero galaxy. Composite of visible and infrared views - Composite image of the spiral galaxy M104 (Sombrero galaxy), located about 28 million years ago - light. Infrared image obtained with the Spitzer space telescope in 2004 and January 2005 superimposed on the image made by the Hubble space telescope visible in May and June 2003. The dark band of girders in this galaxy is visible throughout the circumference. Composite image of a visible image and an infrared image of the galaxy M104. The visible image was obtained by the Hubble space telescope in 2003, the infrared view by Spitzer telescope in 2004 and 2005. This spiral galaxy is located some 28 million light - years away. The infrared image obtained by Spitzer space telescope pierces through the obscuring dust, along with the bulge of stars. It shows that the disk is warped, which is often the result of a gravitational encounter with another galaxy; clumpy areas sp

Sombrero M104 Spiral Galaxy - Visible Composite - Infrared - The Sombrero galaxy. Composite of visible and infrared views - Composite image of the spiral galaxy M104 (Sombrero galaxy), located about 28 million years ago - light. Infrared image obtained with the Spitzer space telescope in 2004 and January 2005 superimposed on the image made by the Hubble space telescope visible in May and June 2003. The dark band of girders in this galaxy is visible throughout the circumference. Composite image of a visible image and an infrared image of the galaxy M104. The visible image was obtained by the Hubble space telescope in 2003, the infrared view by Spitzer telescope in 2004 and 2005. This spiral galaxy is located some 28 million light - years away. The infrared image obtained by Spitzer space telescope pierces through the obscuring dust, along with the bulge of stars. It shows that the disk is warped, which is often the result of a gravitational encounter with another galaxy; clumpy areas sp

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The European launch vehicle Vega - Illustration - European Vega Launcher - Illustration - Vega is a European Space Agency (ESA) launcher capable of placing a payload of up to 2 tonnes in low orbit. It is expected that it will join from 2010 the range of launchers of the space agency, which includes launchers Soyuz and Ariane. Under development since 1998, the Vega launcher is an all - solid three - stage vehicle with a liquid - fuelled injection module, based on proven technologies from Ariane 5 booster stages and Fiatavio's Zefiro solid rocket motor. Vega will be marketed and operated by Arianespace, in parallel to Ariane 5. Vega is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. This range of performance covers th

The European launch vehicle Vega - Illustration - European Vega Launcher - Illustration - Vega is a European Space Agency (ESA) launcher capable of placing a payload of up to 2 tonnes in low orbit. It is expected that it will join from 2010 the range of launchers of the space agency, which includes launchers Soyuz and Ariane. Under development since 1998, the Vega launcher is an all - solid three - stage vehicle with a liquid - fuelled injection module, based on proven technologies from Ariane 5 booster stages and Fiatavio's Zefiro solid rocket motor. Vega will be marketed and operated by Arianespace, in parallel to Ariane 5. Vega is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. This range of performance covers th

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The European launch vehicle Vega - Illustration - European Vega Launcher - Illustration - Vega is a European Space Agency (ESA) launcher capable of placing a payload of up to 2 tonnes in low orbit. It is expected that it will join from 2010 the range of launchers of the space agency, which includes launchers Soyuz and Ariane. Under development since 1998, the Vega launcher is an all - solid three - stage vehicle with a liquid - fuelled injection module, based on proven technologies from Ariane 5 booster stages and Fiatavio's Zefiro solid rocket motor. Vega will be marketed and operated by Arianespace, in parallel to Ariane 5. Vega is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. This range of performance covers th

The European launch vehicle Vega - Illustration - European Vega Launcher - Illustration - Vega is a European Space Agency (ESA) launcher capable of placing a payload of up to 2 tonnes in low orbit. It is expected that it will join from 2010 the range of launchers of the space agency, which includes launchers Soyuz and Ariane. Under development since 1998, the Vega launcher is an all - solid three - stage vehicle with a liquid - fuelled injection module, based on proven technologies from Ariane 5 booster stages and Fiatavio's Zefiro solid rocket motor. Vega will be marketed and operated by Arianespace, in parallel to Ariane 5. Vega is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. This range of performance covers th

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The European launch vehicle Vega - Illustration - European Vega Launcher - Illustration - Vega is a European Space Agency (ESA) launcher capable of placing a payload of up to 2 tonnes in low orbit. It is expected that it will join from 2010 the range of launchers of the space agency, which includes launchers Soyuz and Ariane. Under development since 1998, the Vega launcher is an all - solid three - stage vehicle with a liquid - fuelled injection module, based on proven technologies from Ariane 5 booster stages and Fiatavio's Zefiro solid rocket motor. Vega will be marketed and operated by Arianespace, in parallel to Ariane 5. Vega is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. This range of performance covers th

The European launch vehicle Vega - Illustration - European Vega Launcher - Illustration - Vega is a European Space Agency (ESA) launcher capable of placing a payload of up to 2 tonnes in low orbit. It is expected that it will join from 2010 the range of launchers of the space agency, which includes launchers Soyuz and Ariane. Under development since 1998, the Vega launcher is an all - solid three - stage vehicle with a liquid - fuelled injection module, based on proven technologies from Ariane 5 booster stages and Fiatavio's Zefiro solid rocket motor. Vega will be marketed and operated by Arianespace, in parallel to Ariane 5. Vega is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. This range of performance covers th

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Futuristic advertising poster for tourism on Trappist-1e - Illustration - Futuristic Advert for tourism on Trappist-1e - Illustration: Advertising promoting tourism on Trappist-1e. This exoplanet is orbiting in the habitable zone of the star system TRAPPIST-1, a red dwarf star located at a distance of about 40 light years from the Sun in the constellation Aquarius. At least seven exoplanets the size of the Earth orbit this star. Some 40 light-years from Earth, a planet called Trappist-1e offers a heart-stopping view: brilliant objects in a red sky, looming like larger and smaller versions of our own moon. But these are no moons. They are Earth-sized planets in a spectacular planetary system outside our own. These seven rocky worlds huddle around their small, dim, red star, like a family around a campfire. Any of them could harbor liquid water, but the planet shown here, fourth from the TRAPPIST-1 star, is in the habitable zone, the area around the star where liquid water is most likely

Futuristic advertising poster for tourism on Trappist-1e - Illustration - Futuristic Advert for tourism on Trappist-1e - Illustration: Advertising promoting tourism on Trappist-1e. This exoplanet is orbiting in the habitable zone of the star system TRAPPIST-1, a red dwarf star located at a distance of about 40 light years from the Sun in the constellation Aquarius. At least seven exoplanets the size of the Earth orbit this star. Some 40 light-years from Earth, a planet called Trappist-1e offers a heart-stopping view: brilliant objects in a red sky, looming like larger and smaller versions of our own moon. But these are no moons. They are Earth-sized planets in a spectacular planetary system outside our own. These seven rocky worlds huddle around their small, dim, red star, like a family around a campfire. Any of them could harbor liquid water, but the planet shown here, fourth from the TRAPPIST-1 star, is in the habitable zone, the area around the star where liquid water is most likely

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Peru Machu Picchu (photo)

Peru Machu Picchu (photo)

Sergi Reboredo

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Peru Machu Picchu (photo)

Peru Machu Picchu (photo)

Sergi Reboredo

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English electric cartoon. - The dream of a gas company. Sir HENRY CHATLEY TYLER, UK promoter of the Brush system. - 2. GEORGES OFFOR, Chief Engineer of South Eastern Brush Electric Co. - 3. ROBERT HAMMOND, promoter of Hammond Electric Light and Power Supply C¡. - 4. JOHN SCUDAMORE SELLON, inventor of an improvement in the Faure battery. - 5. ERNEST VOLCKMAR. Same industrial title. - 6. WILLIAM and WERNER SIEMENS. - 8. JOSEPH CILSON SWAN, inventor of the lamp that bears his name. 9. R.E. CROMPTON, constructor and inventor of an arc lamp. - 10. BROCKIE, inventor of an arc lamp. 12. THOMAS ALVA EDISON. - 13. STEVENS HIRAM MAXIM. - 14. ROBERT J. GULCHER, inventor of electrical lamps and machines. - 15. Dr STEPHEN H. EMMENS, Director of a Electrical Lighting Company. - 16. HENRY FRANCIS JOEL (Lamp). - 18. PAUL JABLOCHKOFF. - 19. GEORGE HAWKES (Lamp). - 20. CAMILLE FAURE. W. T. HENLEY, first manufacturer of Alliance machines. - 23. JOHN BANTING ROGERS (Lighting System). - 24 and 23. Louis CL

English electric cartoon. - The dream of a gas company. Sir HENRY CHATLEY TYLER, UK promoter of the Brush system. - 2. GEORGES OFFOR, Chief Engineer of South Eastern Brush Electric Co. - 3. ROBERT HAMMOND, promoter of Hammond Electric Light and Power Supply C¡. - 4. JOHN SCUDAMORE SELLON, inventor of an improvement in the Faure battery. - 5. ERNEST VOLCKMAR. Same industrial title. - 6. WILLIAM and WERNER SIEMENS. - 8. JOSEPH CILSON SWAN, inventor of the lamp that bears his name. 9. R.E. CROMPTON, constructor and inventor of an arc lamp. - 10. BROCKIE, inventor of an arc lamp. 12. THOMAS ALVA EDISON. - 13. STEVENS HIRAM MAXIM. - 14. ROBERT J. GULCHER, inventor of electrical lamps and machines. - 15. Dr STEPHEN H. EMMENS, Director of a Electrical Lighting Company. - 16. HENRY FRANCIS JOEL (Lamp). - 18. PAUL JABLOCHKOFF. - 19. GEORGE HAWKES (Lamp). - 20. CAMILLE FAURE. W. T. HENLEY, first manufacturer of Alliance machines. - 23. JOHN BANTING ROGERS (Lighting System). - 24 and 23. Louis CL

Unknown Artist, (19th century)

Stefano Bianchetti

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China: At the river Yu, Cao Cao (155 - 15 March 220 CE) suffers a defeat. From a Ming Dynasty edition of 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'

China: At the river Yu, Cao Cao (155 - 15 March 220 CE) suffers a defeat. From a Ming Dynasty edition of 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'

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Comet C2013US10 Catalina, 2015 (digital photo)

Comet C2013US10 Catalina, 2015 (digital photo)

Rhemann, Gerald (21st century)

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Earth's atmosphere and night clouds - Earth's atmosphere, noctilucent clouds and Moon - View of the Earth's atmosphere and a crescent moon photographs from the International Space Station on July 27, 2003. Night clouds are also visible. These clouds look like cirrus but are much higher, between 75 and 90 km from the Earth's surface. Noctilucent clouds are very high clouds that look like cirrus clouds, but are much higher (75 - 90 km above the Earth's surface) than clouds that we observe every day. They are optically thin and can only be observed during twilight hours, when the sun is just below the horizon and only shines on the uppermost atmosphere. In this image, the limb of the Earth at the bottom transitions into the orange - colored troposphere, the lowest and most dense portion of the Earth's atmosphere. The troposphere ends abruptly at the tropopause, which appears in the image as the sharp boundary between the orange - and blue - colored atmosphere. The silvery - blue noctiluce

Earth's atmosphere and night clouds - Earth's atmosphere, noctilucent clouds and Moon - View of the Earth's atmosphere and a crescent moon photographs from the International Space Station on July 27, 2003. Night clouds are also visible. These clouds look like cirrus but are much higher, between 75 and 90 km from the Earth's surface. Noctilucent clouds are very high clouds that look like cirrus clouds, but are much higher (75 - 90 km above the Earth's surface) than clouds that we observe every day. They are optically thin and can only be observed during twilight hours, when the sun is just below the horizon and only shines on the uppermost atmosphere. In this image, the limb of the Earth at the bottom transitions into the orange - colored troposphere, the lowest and most dense portion of the Earth's atmosphere. The troposphere ends abruptly at the tropopause, which appears in the image as the sharp boundary between the orange - and blue - colored atmosphere. The silvery - blue noctiluce

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Widows' House, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1932-34 (b/w photo)

Widows' House, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1932-34 (b/w photo)

Frowde, John James (1868-1946)

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Mars and Zodiacal Light - The Zodiacal Light with Mars - In the middle up, the bright spot is the planet Mars, in the constellation Gemeaux. Below, the zodiac light. The zodiacal light comes from the reflection of the Sun's light on the countless interplanetary dust; it draws the plan of the Solar System. September 20, 2009. The Zodiacal light is visible here as a large diffuse triangular - shaped cone of light rising along the ecliptic, which is tilted a bit to the right. Its base stretches from Leo on the left to the head of Hydra on the right. It goes up through Cancer and into Gemini where it crosses the Milky Way. The planet Mars was also located in Gemini when this photo was taken. The Zodiacal light is composed of fine particles of dust in orbit around the Sun. It is visible because of sunlight scattered by the particles. These particles have sizes between a couple of micrometers and a few millimeters. From the mid - northern latitudes, the Zodiacal light is most easily visible

Mars and Zodiacal Light - The Zodiacal Light with Mars - In the middle up, the bright spot is the planet Mars, in the constellation Gemeaux. Below, the zodiac light. The zodiacal light comes from the reflection of the Sun's light on the countless interplanetary dust; it draws the plan of the Solar System. September 20, 2009. The Zodiacal light is visible here as a large diffuse triangular - shaped cone of light rising along the ecliptic, which is tilted a bit to the right. Its base stretches from Leo on the left to the head of Hydra on the right. It goes up through Cancer and into Gemini where it crosses the Milky Way. The planet Mars was also located in Gemini when this photo was taken. The Zodiacal light is composed of fine particles of dust in orbit around the Sun. It is visible because of sunlight scattered by the particles. These particles have sizes between a couple of micrometers and a few millimeters. From the mid - northern latitudes, the Zodiacal light is most easily visible

Jerry Lodriguss

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Comparison between Earth and Venus - Earth and Venus compared - Comparison at the scale of the sizes of Earth and Venus, seen here without their atmosphere. The size of the Venus planet is roughly the same as that of the Earth. This to-scale image suggests how the Earth and Venus might appear without their atmospheres. Venus' diameter is 86% that of the Earth's. It has 82% the mass. If you weigh 180 pounds on the Earth, you would weigh 163 pounds on Venus. Venus is about three-quarters the Earth's distance from the Sun. While Venus is roughly the same size and density as the Earth, it is otherwise a very different world. Earth's surface is a varied one, with liquid water covering three quarters of its surface. Those areas not under water have been highly modified by plate tectonics, weather, and life itself. Venus on the other hand is far too hot to host liquid water. Volcanoes, massive lava flows and the occasional impact crater characterize its surface. Latest observations suggest th

Comparison between Earth and Venus - Earth and Venus compared - Comparison at the scale of the sizes of Earth and Venus, seen here without their atmosphere. The size of the Venus planet is roughly the same as that of the Earth. This to-scale image suggests how the Earth and Venus might appear without their atmospheres. Venus' diameter is 86% that of the Earth's. It has 82% the mass. If you weigh 180 pounds on the Earth, you would weigh 163 pounds on Venus. Venus is about three-quarters the Earth's distance from the Sun. While Venus is roughly the same size and density as the Earth, it is otherwise a very different world. Earth's surface is a varied one, with liquid water covering three quarters of its surface. Those areas not under water have been highly modified by plate tectonics, weather, and life itself. Venus on the other hand is far too hot to host liquid water. Volcanoes, massive lava flows and the occasional impact crater characterize its surface. Latest observations suggest th

Walter B Myers

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China: Cao Cao (155 - 15 March 220 CE) retakes Yanzhou from Lu Bu (- February 199 CE), from a Ming Dynasty edition of 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', called 'Sanguo zhi tongsu yanyi'

China: Cao Cao (155 - 15 March 220 CE) retakes Yanzhou from Lu Bu (- February 199 CE), from a Ming Dynasty edition of 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', called 'Sanguo zhi tongsu yanyi'

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Supernova 1987A in the Great Magellan Cloud View by HST - Glittering stars and wisps of gas create a breathtaking backdrop for the self - destruction of a massive star, called supernova 1987A, in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy. Astronomers in the Southern hemisphere witnessed the brilliant explosion of this star on Feb. 23, 1987. Shown in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, the supernova remnant, surrounded by inner and outer rings of material, is set in a forest of ethereal, diffuse clouds of gas. This three - color image is composed of several pictures of the supernova and its neighboring region taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 in Sept. 1994, Feb. 1996 and July 1997. The many bright blue stars nearby the supernova are massive stars, each more than six times heftier than our Sun. With ages of about 12 million years old, they are members of the same generation of stars as the star that went supernova. The presence of bright gas clouds is another sign of

Supernova 1987A in the Great Magellan Cloud View by HST - Glittering stars and wisps of gas create a breathtaking backdrop for the self - destruction of a massive star, called supernova 1987A, in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy. Astronomers in the Southern hemisphere witnessed the brilliant explosion of this star on Feb. 23, 1987. Shown in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, the supernova remnant, surrounded by inner and outer rings of material, is set in a forest of ethereal, diffuse clouds of gas. This three - color image is composed of several pictures of the supernova and its neighboring region taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 in Sept. 1994, Feb. 1996 and July 1997. The many bright blue stars nearby the supernova are massive stars, each more than six times heftier than our Sun. With ages of about 12 million years old, they are members of the same generation of stars as the star that went supernova. The presence of bright gas clouds is another sign of

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Nebula N70 in the Great Magellan Cloud - The N 70 nebula in Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) - The Henize 70 nebula extends for about 400 years - light, it is located in the Great Magellan Cloud. In the center, a small group of very massive and extremely hot stars, stars of Wolf - Rayet. Image obtained by Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. At the centre of this remarkable bubble - like nebula nebula is a small group of extremely hot stars. Some of these stars are rapdly losing mass and have stellar winds blowing from their surfaces with velocities that approach 4000 kilometers per second. Such stars are known as Wolf - Rayet stars and are found in galaxies capable of forming massive stars. There are many such stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) but not all of them are associated with distinctive nebulae. The outward flowing streams of energetic particles from Wolf - Rayet (and other energetic stars) eventually interact with the relatively stationary interstellar medium pervading the LMC

Nebula N70 in the Great Magellan Cloud - The N 70 nebula in Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) - The Henize 70 nebula extends for about 400 years - light, it is located in the Great Magellan Cloud. In the center, a small group of very massive and extremely hot stars, stars of Wolf - Rayet. Image obtained by Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. At the centre of this remarkable bubble - like nebula nebula is a small group of extremely hot stars. Some of these stars are rapdly losing mass and have stellar winds blowing from their surfaces with velocities that approach 4000 kilometers per second. Such stars are known as Wolf - Rayet stars and are found in galaxies capable of forming massive stars. There are many such stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) but not all of them are associated with distinctive nebulae. The outward flowing streams of energetic particles from Wolf - Rayet (and other energetic stars) eventually interact with the relatively stationary interstellar medium pervading the LMC

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