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[Musical scales or range of sound ascribed by Kepler to Saturn, Jupite...

Illus. and text in: Harmonices mundi / Johann Kepler. Lincii Austriae : J. Plancus, 1619, p. 207. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 35.

Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula /

Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Atlas minor. Amsterdam, 1690? Includes ancillary maps of north polar region and south polar region and col. ill. Mounted on cloth. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined... More

[Title page of De revolutionibus orbium coelstium, with statement that...

Title page in: De revolutionibus orbium coelestium / Nicolaus Copernicus. Norimbergae : Apud I. Petreium, 1543. Published in: The tradition of science/ Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, ... More

It's love that makes the world go round

Print shows Cuupid pushing the world through a cloudy atmosphere. Y58465 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp and number appear on verso. Copyright number i... More

Do it now! / Frank A. Nankivell.

Illustration shows "James Hazen Hyde, Abdul Hamid, [and] Castro" hand-in-hand, stepping off the earth.

Puck magazine cover - The heavenly porter / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows "Halley's Comet" on "The Comets Orbit", brushing the surface of "The Earth" on "The Orbit of the Earth" as they draw near each other. Caption: "Brush yo' off, Suh? Ain't gwine t' be 'round a... More

Thirteen year old daughter of Negro sharecropper planting sweet potato...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Azimuthal equidistant projection centered on Taipei, 25⁰03ʹN., 121⁰30ʹ...

Scale 1:32,000,000. Shows radial distances. "58327." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

AS07-03-1544 - Apollo 7 - Apollo 7 Mission, Saturn IVB during docking ...

The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo 7, the expended Saturn IVB stage photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during transposition and docking maneuvers. This photograph was taken ov... More

View of earth during return from moon taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

AS8-15-2561 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- View of Earth as photographed by the Apollo 8 astronauts on their return trip from the moon. Note that the terminator is straighter than on the outbound pictures. The terminato... More

Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage photographed from Command Module

Description (July 21, 1969) The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit. This v... More

AS11-44-6558 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon,Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during... More

AS11-44-6551 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon,Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during... More

AS11-44-6553 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon,Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during... More

AS11-44-6562 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon,Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during... More

AS11-44-6547 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon, Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module durin... More

AS11-44-6563 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon,Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during... More

View of Earth rising over Moon's horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecra...

AS11-44-6552 (16-24 July 1969) --- This view of Earth rising over the moon's horizon was taken from the Apollo spacecraft. The lunar terrain pictured is in the area of Smyth's Sea on the nearside. Coordinates o... More

AS15-88-11988 - Apollo 15 - Apollo 15 Mission image - View of an Earth...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of an Earth rise with Craters Gibbs and Schorr visible. Image was taken during Revolutions 64-72 of the Apollo 15 mission. Original film magazine was... More

Apollo 16 view of the earth from translunar injection

AS16-118-18873 (16 April 1972) --- A good view of Earth photographed shortly after trans-lunar injection of April 16, 1972. Although there is much cloud cover (over Canada and the oceans), the United States in ... More

AST-04-214 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Ea...

The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP),Earth views,Overexposed,United States,Wyoming Clouds. Image taken on Revolution 137. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) Time of Pho... More

First Picture of the Earth and Moon in a Single Frame

Description This picture of the Earth and Moon in a single frame, the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft, was recorded September 18, 1977, by NASAs Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles (11.66 mill... More

An artist's concept of the Fleet Satellite Communication satellite in ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Artist's concept of the Space Shuttle Orbiter deploying a satellite in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

[Political map of the world, April 1989].

Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

S35-24-006 - STS-035 - STS-35 ASTRO-1 telescopes deployed from 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

Art By: Don Davis Artist's concept of a catastrophic asteroid impact w...

Art By: Don Davis Artist's concept of a catastrophic asteroid impact with the Earth Super-impacts (shown here) on the early Earth 3.5 billion years ago, may have wiped out life completely more than once. Mediu... More

S49-11-002 - STS-049 - Payload bay and Earth limb. Heavy cloud cover ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Payload bay and Earth limb. Heavy cloud cover precludes geographic location. Subject Terms: STS-49, EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), EARTH LIMB, CLOUDS... More

STS060-96-045 - STS-060 - Earth observations during STS-60 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Earth, observed from the Orbiter Discovery during STS-60. Subject Terms: STS-60 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Date Taken: 2/9/1994 Categories: ... More

STS063-716-019 - STS-063 - Discovery's payload bay

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the orbiter Discovery's payload bay over the Earth as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-63. Subject Ter... More

STS067-724-063 - STS-067 - ASTRO-2 in payload bay backdropped by the E...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the ASTRO-2 payload in the orbiter's cargo bay backdropped by the Earth limb. The Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE), H... More

STS063-716-078 - STS-063 - SPARTAN deployed over the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy - 204 (SPARTAN-204) deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery d... More

STS063-716-075 - STS-063 - SPARTAN deployed over the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy - 204 (SPARTAN-204) deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery d... More

STS074-730-024 - STS-074 - Full view of Mir space station after undock...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Full views of the Mir space station after undocking with the space shuttle Atlantis. The Mir is photographed with the Earth in the image. Subject Terms... More

STS063-712-003 - STS-063 - Earth observations from STS-63

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Earth as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-63. The Mir Space Station can be seen in the distance. Su... More

STS063-716-047 - STS-063 - SPARTAN deployed over the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy - 204 (SPARTAN-204) deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery d... More

STS096-352-029 - STS-096 - STARSHINE deployed over Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Distant views of the STARSHINE satellite deployed over the Earth by the crew of the STS-96 orbiter Discovery. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM S... More

S100E5435 - STS-100 - Earth observation image taken during STS-100 fli...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation image taken during the STS-100 mission from Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-1... More

STS105-302-009 - STS-105 - Earth observation taken during STS-105 of s...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation view taken during STS-105 of sunset glow. Subject Terms: Discovery (Orbiter), Earth Limb, Earth Observations (From Space), STS-105 D... More

STS104-704-007 - STS-104 - Moon over Earth limb taken by the STS-104 c...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Moon over an Earth limb taken by the STS-104 crew from the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: Earth Observations (From Space), Moon, ST... More

STS100-701-007 - STS-100 - Infrared Earth observation image taken duri...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: An infrared Earth observation image taken during the STS-100 mission from Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105 including: mountains in South America. Su... More

S111E5469 - STS-111 - Earth Observation taken during STS-111 UF-2.

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation taken during STS-111 UF-2. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATION (FROM SPACE) Date Taken: 6/17/2002 Categories: Earth Observations Inte... More

Penguins in Peril - NASA satellite images

These images from NASA Terra satellite documented iceberg movements and changes in sea ice between December 11, 2000 and December 9, 2001. NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team

Stereo Pair, Salt Lake City, Utah

The 2002 Winter Olympics are hosted by Salt Lake City at several venues within the city, in nearby cities, and within the adjacent Wasatch Mountains. NASA/JPL/NIMA

NASA Space Science. NASA public domain image colelction.

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and university scientists from the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) in Huntsville, Alabama, are watching the Sun in an effort to better predict spa... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Another shipment of Columbia debris is be...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Another shipment of Columbia debris is being offloaded at the KSC RLV Hangar. Inside, the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team is identifying pieces and placing them on a floor grid... More

sts121-334-014 - STS-121 - Earth limb view taken during STS-121

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth limb view taken during STS-121 which flew July 4 - 17, 2006. Subject Terms: STS-121, Earth Observations (From Space), Earth Limb Categories: ... More

KEPLER table top model (in studio). The Kepler Mission due for launch ...

KEPLER table top model (in studio). The Kepler Mission due for launch in March 2009 will look for earth like planets around distant stars.

Physical map of the world, April 2007.

"803307AI (R00349) 4-07." Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by shading and soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Physical map of the world, June 2010.

Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by shading. "June 2010." "803465AI (G00010) 6-10." Includes notes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

SP Crater, Arizona - NASA satellite images

SP Crater, a volcanic cone and flow in Arizona, is visible in this image obtained by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer ASTER instrument on NASA Terra spacecraft. NASA/GSFC/METI/... More

Mzab Valley, Algeria - NASA satellite images

Located 600 km south of Algiers, Algeria in the heart of the Sahara Desert, the five ksour fortified villages of the MZab Valley form an extraordinarily homogenous ensemble in this image captured by NASA Terra ... More

Giant Arizona Landslide Spotted by NASA Spacecraft

On May 26, 2014, an enormous landslide came roaring from above in a sparsely inhabited area of Mesa County, Arizona, near the town of Collbran. This image was acquired by NASA Terra spacecraft. NASA/GSFC/METI/E... More

ISS042E037793 (12/13/2014) --- ESA (European Space Station) astronaut ...

ISS042E037793 (12/13/2014) --- ESA (European Space Station) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on board the International Space Station Dec. 13th, 2014 took this night exposure of the Earth showing an Aurora with... More

Public domain stock image. Earth planet planet earth.

Planet Earth: Free images of Earth from space, available for commercial use and free download. Copyright-free, no attribution required.

. Map of the world earth world. - Public domain map

Globe earth planet. A person holding a small earth in their hand

Free images of hands. Public domain stock photo of hands. Royalty free photos.

NASA CloudSat Looks Hurricane Nichole in the Eye

NASA's CloudSat satellite completed an eye overpass of Hurricane Nicole on Oct. 12, 2016, at 10:55 a.m. PDT (17:55 UTC) as the storm was moving toward Bermuda. At the time the system had sustained winds of 109 ... More

Title: Lo! here 'twixt heaven and earth I swing... [Apprentices at the...

Public domain scan of 18th-century print, William Hogarth, English, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carta marina nuova tavola - Public domain vintage map

Text and ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

John Robinson's $25,000 challenge feature--Louis Cyr, strongest man on...

Circus poster showing Louis Cyr, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding bar. No. 2302. Robinson 3 Sh. Strong man No. 3. Exhibited: "Men of Steel, Women of Wonder: Monder American Heroes in Conte... More

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. [Portraits of P.T. Barnum ...

No. (B-No. 16). Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Western New World or Hemisphere. Eastern Old World or Hemisphere.

Shows Western and Eastern hemispheres separately. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. 20 Mad-Cap Merry-Makers,...

Poster showing clowns performing with animals. 52455p2s U.S. Copyright Office 97.B-No. 31.

[Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, western Europe, and the nort...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The earth in the center, surrounded by a tail-biting dog, the moon and...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a dog, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Four years in Europe: the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth in th...

Picryl description: Public domain book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Four years in Europe: the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth in th...

Picryl description: Public domain book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Civitates orbis terrarvm. Historic map, Library of Congress

Public domain image of a vintage city plan, 18th-19th century map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Let heaven and earth unite - Public domain American sheet music, 1872

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

"The Great Pyramid of Egypt--The Mightiest Wonder on Earth" issue of O...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, related to Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth, the world's grandest, larg...

The Flying Dillons on globe with wings and other trapeze artists performing. Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati.

Peace on earth Christmas anthem : op. 38

H.H.A. Beach. (statement of responsibility) For SATB chorus with organ acc. Words by E.H. Sears. Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) acq... More

Portulan de Charles-Quint donné à Philippe II, accompagné d'une notice...

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

John and the beast from the earth from BL Royal 15 D II, f. 160

Detail of a miniature of John and four worshippers standing before the beast from the earth, with two horns, in illustration of Revelation 13:11. Image taken from f. 160 of La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the '... More

[Earth, the sun, and moon carried on dragon's back below title in deco...

Title page in: Astronomicum caesareum / Petrus Apianus. [Ingolstadii, 1540] Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p.43.

Le globe terrestre représenté en deux plans-hémisphères : dressé sur l...

Scale ca. 1:35,000,000 at the equator. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, notes, and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Bowles's new and accurate map of the world, or Terrestrial globe : lai...

Shows various expedition routes. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and col. ill. Ancillary maps: Solar system -- Northern hemisphere -- Southern hemisphere -- Astronomical latitude and longitude analemma ... More

World Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Box title. Alternate title: The world on Mercator's projection. Accompanied by: The world on Mercator's projection. 1 map : col. ; 29 x 44 cm. LC copy imperfect: One broken piece; smal... More

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the First Angel Sounds the Trumpet; Fir...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Beatus manuscript of King Ferdinand I, from San Isidoro de L... More

Planisphaerivm Aratevm sive Compages Orbivm Mvndanorvm ex hypothesi Ar...

Appears in Andreas Cellarius' Harmonia macrocosmica. Amstelodami : Apud Gerardum Valk & Petrum Schenk, 1708. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy accompanied by pho... More

Colton's illustrated & embellished steel plate map of the world on Mer...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes illustrations of cities and people along filigreed border. Inset: view of Antarctic Continent as seen by the U.S. Ship Peacock, January 19th, 1840. 4 x 29 cm. List of distance... More

Map showing the telegraph lines in operation, under contract, and cont...

Relief shown by hachures. From the Nathaniel Prentice Banks papers in LC Manuscript Division. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes distance list. Acquisitions cont... More

map from "Wanderings in every Clime; or, voyages, travels, and adventu...

This image has been taken from scan 000421 from "Wanderings in every Clime; or, voyages, travels, and adventures all round the world ... A sequel to “The Earth delineated with pen and pencil” ... With ... illus... More

Evans' Excelsior globes : manufactured by R. O. Evans and Company.

Advertisement poster for globes has representions of 5 globes and some descriptive text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

S125E008077 - STS-125 - Earth Observation taken by the STS-125 Crew

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by the STS-125 crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: STS-125, Earth Observations (From Space) Date Taken: 5/... More

John Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule

(February 20, 1962) Project Mercury astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. enters his Mercury Friendship 7 capsule before launch on February 20, 1962. At 9:47 a.m. (EST), his Atlas launch vehicle lifted him into orbit fo... More

The World's First View of Earth

Description (October 1, 1966) The world's first view of the 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 recieved at the... More

Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage for the Apollo 10 - Saturn Apollo Program

This image depicts the Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage for the Apollo 10 mission being removed from the Beta Test Stand 1 after its acceptance test at the Douglas Aircraft Company's Sacramento Test Operations (SAC... More

Azimuthal equidistant projection centered on Teheran, 35⁰40ʹN., 51⁰26ʹ...

Scale 1:32,000,000. Shows radial distances. "58332." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

AS07-03-1543 - Apollo 7 - Apollo 7 Mission, Saturn IVB booster during ...

The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo 7, the expended Saturn IVB stage photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during transposition and docking maneuvers. This photograph was taken ov... More

Apollo 11 Mission Image - View of moon limb with Earth on the horizon,...

Description: View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon, Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazin... More

AS09-23-3571 - Apollo 9 - Apollo 9 Mission image - Earth Observation -...

The original database describes this as: Description: Oblique Earth Observation taken by the Apollo 9 crew. View is of the New Mexico - Texas border. Film magazine was D,film type was SO-368 Ektachrome with 0... More

AS11-36-5346 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - Earth view over C...

The original database describes this as: Description: Earth view over Central and North America. Image taken during the transluner phase of the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled N; Film typ... More

AS11-44-6561 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon,Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during... More

AS11-36-5404 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - Lunar Module (LM)...

The original database describes this as: Description: A close-up view of the docking target on the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) photographed from the Command and Service Module (CSM). The Earth can be seen in t... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lift...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifted off with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. at 9:32 a.m. EDT July 16, 1969, from KSC's Launch Complex ... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

The Apollo 11 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July ... More

AS12-50-7326 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission image - Parts of United ...

The original database describes this as: Description: A view of the Earth as photographed during the translunar coast phase of the Apollo 12 mission. This view overlooks a great expanse of the Pacific Ocean. B... More

AS17-148-22702 - Apollo 17 - Apollo 17, Earth views over Africa, Saudi...

The original database describes this as: Description: Translunar Coast, Earth view over Africa, Saudi Arabia and Madagascar,taken during the Apollo 17 mission. Original film magazine was labeled NN. Film type ... More