PIX4651850: Observatory Radio du Plateau de Bure - 08/09/2002 The network of radiotelescopes of the Plateau de Bure is a millimetre interferometre designed by IRAM. Located on the Bure plateau at 2552m altitude, in the French Alps, it is currently made up of 6 antennas of 15 m diameter, each mounted on rails, which allows to change their separation distance according to needs / Bridgeman Images
PIX4643385: Skylab: release of J.Lousma 08/1973 - Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, participates in the August 6, 1973 extravehicular activity (EVA) during which he and Astronauts Owen K. Garriott, science pilot, deployed the twin pole solar shield to help shade the Orbital Workshop (OWS). Note the reflection of the Apollo Telescope Mount and the Earth in Lousma's helmet visor / Bridgeman Images
PIX4643530: View of the probe being tested in Toulouse in February 2005. The European Venus Express probe was launched on November 9, 2005 and has been placed in orbit around Venus since April 11, 2006 - ESA's Venus Express probe during testing in Intspace's facilities in Toulouse, France, in February 2005. The 1.3-m-diameter High Gain Antenna for communications is visible on the front side of the spacecraft. Also visible are the specially designed solar arrays (in stored position). Venus Express has been launched from Baikonur atop a Soyuz-Fregat vehicle in november 2005 and orbits the planet Venus since april 11 2006: Venus Express probe during testing / Bridgeman Images
PIX4653312: Gamma ray telescope HESS - Gamma rays telescope HESS - High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) telescope located in Namibia near Gamsberg. This network of telescopes is dedicated to the study of high energy gamma rays. High Energy Stereoscopic System or HESS is a system of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT) for the investigation of cosmic gamma rays. It is located in Namibia, near Gamsberg / Bridgeman Images
PIX4653344: Haleakala Observatory - Hawaii - Haleakala observatory - Hawaii - Partial view of Haleakala Observatory located on Maui Island, Hawaii, USA. The largest dome houses the 3.67 m AEOS telescope dedicated to monitoring satellites and missiles. Partial view of Mt. Haleakala Observatory located on Maui island, Hawaii. The largest dome is the 3.67 - meter telescope, known as the Advanced Electro - Optical System (AEOS), owned by the Department of Defense, It is the United States' largest optical telescope designed for tracking satellites / Bridgeman Images
PIX4652987: Milky Way above Cerro Armazones - Star sky at the top of Cerro Armazones. This 3060-metre mountain in Chile will host the giant telescope E - ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope). The construction of this 42-metre telescope is expected to start at the end of 2010 and will be inaugurated around 2018. Its main mirror will consist of 906 hexagonal mirrors assembled together, and its total surface will be equal to that of a football field. On 26 April 2010, the ESO Council selected Cerro Armazones as the baseline site for the planned 42 - metre European Extremely Large Telescope (E - ELT). Cerro Armazones is a mountain at an altitude of 3060 metres in the central part of Child's Atacama Desert, some 130 kilometres south of the town of Antofagasta and about 20 kilometres from Cerro Paranal, home of Eso's Very Large Telescope / Bridgeman Images
PIX4653002: Sunset on Cerro Armazones - Cerro Armazones at Sunset - Panorama showing the meteorological station at the top of Cerro Armazones. This 3060-metre mountain in Chile will host the giant telescope E - ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope). The construction of this 42-metre telescope is expected to start at the end of 2010 and will be inaugurated around 2018. Its main mirror will consist of 906 hexagonal mirrors assembled together, and its total surface will be equal to that of a football field. 360 - degree panorama of Cerro Armazones in the Chilean desert, near Eso's Paranal Observatory, site of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Cerro Armazones was chosen as the site for the planned European Extremely Large Telescope (E - ELT), which, with its 42 - metre diameter mirror, will be the world's biggest eye on the sky / Bridgeman Images
TEC4746180: The Canal de l'Ourcq in Paris, Zenith, Parc de la Villette, Paris 19. Philippe Chaix and Jean-Paul Morel, 1983-1984. Conceived as a temporary structure with great capacity to host concerts of rock and variety, the Zenith became a perenne., Chaix, Philippe (b.1949) & Morel, Jean-Paul (b.1948) / Bridgeman Images
LUX4758754: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: June 1949, office of the management of the printing press Paul Bardin, an executive and his secretary, 1949 - Paul Bardin - Tour de Tours hippodrome de Chambray 20 June 1948, circuit du champ de Mars Sunday great motorcycle race, 17 April Saint Pierre des Corps du rythme et de la gaite grand bal, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images