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Fox and ape from BL Eg 1121, f. 12v

Detail of a miniature of a fox and ape; the fox is wondering why the ape rejoices in the full moon above, at the beginning of Chapter 9 of Book 1. Image taken from f. 12v of Spiegel der Weisheit. Written in German.

The Last Judgement from BL Royal 19 C I, f. 125v

Miniature of the Last Judgement. Image taken from f. 125v of Breviari d'Amor. Written in French (Occitan) (Provencal). The Last Judgment refers to the final judgment by God of all people, both the living and t... More

Universe from BL Harley 3647, f. 29

Detail of a diagram representing the universe, combining in one image the earth (with its equator, its tropics, the arctic and antarctic circles and the poles) and the heavens (with the ecliptic circle marking ... More

Astronomy from BL Burn 275, f. 390v

Detail of historiated initial, with a female figure, possibly a personification of astronomy, showing the stars to a group of scholars, who wear versions of fourteenth-century academic dress, at the beginning o... More

Diagram from BL Eg 844, f. 16 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of marginal diagram, probably unfinished. Image taken from f. 16 of Scientific miscellany, including Tractatus de Sphaera, Compotus, etc. Written in Latin.

Diagram from BL Eg 845, f. 21 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Astrological diagram, headed by the sun and the moon. Image taken from f. 21 of Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera). Written in Latin and English.

Sphaera Mundi, george von peuerbach

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Portrait - Galilei, Galileo, scientist

Public domain scan of a portrait print, bust portrait drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait - Galilei, Galileo, scientist

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Planisphere celeste septentrional ; Planisphere celeste meridional /

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Fables anciennes et modernes [Plate for fables 25-35].

Public domain photograph of an album page related to Mary Shelley, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Mary Shelley was an English novelist, short story writer, and dramatist, bes... More

Halley, Edmund - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

diagram from "The Geographical Institutions; or, a set of classical an...

This image has been taken from scan 000084 from "The Geographical Institutions; or, a set of classical and analytical tables; forming a complete course of gradual lessons in ancient and modern geography. (A sho... More

Målad bild på glas för skioptikon/laterna magica.Bild av stjärnhimlen.

Målad bild på glas för skioptikon/laterna magica.Bild av stjärnhimlen. Public domain reproduction of lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carte photographique de la lune, planche II (Photographic Chart of the...

Public domain photograph of artwork in the National Gallery of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Where will it strike next? / K.

Illustration shows a comet labeled "Allds Investigation" striking a planet labeled "Albany Legislature" causing it to explode among planets labeled "Aldrich, Penrose, Payne, Vreeland, Dalzell, Cannon, Hitchcock... More

MAYFLOWER, U.S.S. SAILOR LOOKING THROUGH TELESCOPE ON MAYFLOWER

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First View of Earth from Moon. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description: The world's first view of Earth taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was transmitted to Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I and received at the NASA tracking statio... More

Apollo 16 view of the earth from translunar injection

AS16-118-18880 (16 April 1972) --- A good view of Earth photographed about one hour after trans-lunar injection on April 16, 1972. Although there is much cloud cover, the United States in large part, most of Me... More

AS17-148-22727 - Apollo 17 - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

The original database describes this as: Original: Film Apollo 17 - AS17-0447 through AS17M-0545

Composite Pioneer 10 imagery Excitement rose as the PICS displayed ima...

Composite Pioneer 10 imagery Excitement rose as the PICS displayed images of Jupiter of ever-increasing size as Pioneer 10 plunged at high speed toward its closest approach to the planet. The most dramatic mome... More

PLANET JUPITER SHOWING THE GIANT RED SPOT - JUPITER MOON IO

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 4/9/1979 Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)

This image is an x-ray view of Eta Carinae Nebula showing bright stars taken with the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)-2/Einstein Observatory. The Eta Carinae Nebula is a large and complex cloud of gas,... More

Andromeda galaxy from Palomar Observatory ARC-1983-AC83-0565-2

Andromeda galaxy from Palomar Observatory Public domain photograph - night sky, astronomy, universe, space, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

S35-26-031 - STS-035 - View of the base of the STS-35 ASTRO-1 telescop...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View showing the base of the Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) payload, including the igloo, in the payload bay (PLB) of Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 1... More

S35-506-002 - STS-035 - STS-35 ASTRO-1 telescopes documented in OV-102...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: During the STS-35 mission, the Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) payload, in its onorbit operating configuration, is documented in the payload bay (PLB) ... More

Artist's Conception of Space Station Freedom

(January 1, 1991) Alan Chinchar's 1991 rendition of the Space Station Freedom in orbit. The painting depicts the completed space station. Earth is used as the image's backdrop with the Moon and Mars off in the ... More

Telepresence Virtual Reality (Mars Surface) ARC-1992-AC92-0352-9

Telepresence Virtual Reality (Mars Surface) Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Galileo view of Moon orbiting the Earth taken from 3.9 million miles

Eight days after its encounter with the Earth, the Galileo spacecraft was able to look back and capture this remarkable view of the Moon in orbit about the Earth, taken from a distance of about 6.2 million kilo... More

Thunderheads on Jupiter - NASA/JPL Galileo Program Images

Scientists have spotted what appear to be thunderheads on Jupiter bright white cumulus clouds similar to those that bring thunderstorms on Earth - at the outer edges of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Images from NAS... More

Sojourner Rover Near The, Mars Pathfinder Images

Sojourner Rover Near The NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mars Crustal Magnetic Field Remnants

Mars Crustal Magnetic Field Remnants NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saturn Atmospheric Changes, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo

Saturn Atmospheric Changes NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Long-Wavelength Infrared Views of Messier 81

The magnificent and dusty spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in these NASA Spitzer Space Telescope images. NASA/JPL/Caltech/University of Arizona

Iapetus: Light and Dark - NASA Cassini Huygens images

Iapetus: Light and Dark NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dying Star Creates Fantasy-like Sculpture of Gas and Dust

This detailed view of NGC 6543, the Cat Eye Nebula, from NASA Hubble Space Telescope includes intricate structures, including concentric gas shells, jets of high-speed gas, and unusual shock-induced knots of ga... More

Saturn Smile - NASA Saturn images

Saturn Smile NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Defrosting Sand, NASA Mars Images

Defrosting Sand NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Extreme Planets Artist Concept, JPL/NASA images

This artist concept depicts the pulsar planet system discovered by Aleksander Wolszczan in 1992. Wolszczan used the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico to find three planets circling a pulsar called PSR B125... More

Chaos at the Heart of Orion. NASA public domain image colelction.

NASA Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes have teamed up to expose the chaos that baby stars are creating 1,500 light-years away in a cosmic cloud called the Orion nebula. NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI

Plentiful Planetary System Artist Concept

This artist concept shows four of the five planets that orbit 55 Cancri, a star much like our own. The most recently discovered planet, and the fourth out from the star, looms large in the foreground. NASA/JPL-Caltech

Saturn Rings, High-phase Rings, NASA image

High-phase Rings NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ablaze with Infrared Light, JPL/NASA images

Is it a bird, or a plane? No, it comet Siding Spring streaking across the sky, as seen by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. An animation is available at the Photojournal. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA

Loops of Gas and Dust Rise from Planetary Disks Artist Concept

Magnetic loops carrying gas and dust above disks of planet-forming material circling stars are shown in this artist conception, which NASA Spitzer Space Telescope detects as infrared light. NASA/JPL-Caltech

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at night

The superstructure of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is seen as the ship transits the Atlantic Ocean at night Dec. 13, 2017. The Ford was underway conducting test and evaluation operations. (U... More

Astronomicum Caesareum, 16th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Public domain reproduction of a relief art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Ring Crater Copernicus. 1960s Japan public domain image.

Reference: DS.GP.1919/2236..This photograph shows an enlargement of the ring crater Copernicus, as captured using Grubb Parsons equipment. ..This photograph is taken from the Grubb Parsons Ltd collection at Tyn... More

A page from the Voynich Manuscript

The Voynich Manuscript is a document that is notable for its strange text, that to date hasn't been decyphered. Theories range from a secret language or code to an old sort of joke or hoax.

Sun, Earth and the Moon. Illustration from Alchemy Book

Alchemy was "chemistry" before the periodic table. It was believed that combining the four basic properties (earth, fire, air, and water) in certain ratios could produce iron, gold, booze, and even life itself.... More

Moon phases. Astronomy. Iconographic Encyclopedia Of Science Literatur...

A treasure trove of almost 12,000 detailed engravings, The Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration is a marvel of a collection culled from the worlds of science, history, geography, mythology, art, architecture, ... More

Interplanetary Superhighway. NASA public domain image colelction.

Artist's concept of the Interplanetary Transport Network. The green ribbon represents one possible path from among the infinite number possible within the larger bounding tube. Constricted areas represent loca... More

Milky Way 2010. NASA public domain image colelction.

Updated map of Milky Way, added new discovered branch of the Orion Spur, added Perseus Transit

Fotothek df tg 0000655 Geometrie ^ Spirale

Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekGeometrie & Spirale Public domain scan of 17th-century scientific illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fotothek df tg 0002635 Bergbau ^ Bergwerk ^ Bergkompass

Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekBergbau & Bergwerk & Bergkompass Public domain scan of 17th-century scientific illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fotothek df tg 0004391 Astronomie ^ Komet

Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekAstronomie & Komet

Fotothek df tg 0004414 Astronomie ^ Sternbild

Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekAstronomie & Sternbild

Fotothek df tg 0006447 Astronomie ^ Astrologie ^ Tierkreiszeichen ^ Zo...

Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekAstronomie & Astrologie & Tierkreiszeichen & Zodiak

Fotothek df tg 0007489 Astronomie ^ Messgerät ^ Winkel

Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekAstronomie & Messgerät & Winkel

Astronomical Diagrams RMG L1075-005

Astronomical Diagrams This set of twelve hand-coloured astronomical prints and explanatory card are contained in a portfolio folder labelled "Astronomical Diagrams". This series was first issued by Reynolds in ... More