ALASKA USA - 16 Jul 2014 - A glacial melt pond on a glacier in Alaska USA. These melt ponds are early signs that a glacier is dying and are as a result of climate change. As they progress this water ends up in the worlds oceans pushing up global sea level.
Lecanora rubina or Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca is a foliose lichen that grows on siliceous rocks. This photo was taken in La Cerdanya Girona province Catalonia Spain.
Special operations forces soldier in combat helmet with hidden behind balaclava and dark glasses face posing with sidearm service pistol in hand. Brown tone high contrast cropped on black background.
CANADA Toronto -- 11 Sep 2015 -- Author Andy Weir Weir's mother Janet Tuer and Weir's girlfriend Keri Kukral attend the world premiere for 'The Martian'. on day two of the Toronto International Film Festival at the Roy Thomson Hall Friday Sept. 11 2015 in Toronto. NASA scientists and engineers served as technical consultants on the film. The movie portrays a realistic view of the climate and topography of Mars based on NASA data and some of the challenges NASA faces as we prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet in the 2030s -- Picture by Bill Ingalls/Atlas Photo Archive/NASA.
USA Florida -- 16 Jul 1969 -- The Apollo 11 mission the first manned lunar mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24 1969. The Saturn V vehicle produced a holocaust of flames as it rose from its pad at Launch complex 39. The 363 foot tall 6 400 000 pound rocket hurled the spacecraft into Earth parking orbit and then placed it on the trajectory to the moon for manÕs first lunar landing. Aboard the space craft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong commander Michael Collins Command Module pilot and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. Lunar Module pilot. With the success of Apollo 11 the national objective to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA.
USA Johnson Space Center -- 17 April 2007 -- ROSCOSMOS cosmonaut Yuri I Malenchenko Expedition 16 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit prior to being submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near the Johnson Space Center -- Picture by Lightroom Photos/NASA.
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION -- 09 Jul 2013 -- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy - Expedition 36 flight engineer participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as work continues on the International Space Station. During the six-hour seven-minute spacewalk Cassidy and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano (out of frame) flight engineer prepared the space station for a new Russian module and performed additional installations on the station's backbone -- Picture by Lightroom Photos/NASA.
May 1 2019 - Girona Spain. Workers and trade unionists demonstrate during International Worker's Day (May 1) against precariousness and poor working conditions to which they are subjected.
Verrucaria marmorea is an crustose endolithic lichen that grows on calcareous rocks. This photo was taken in Mont Caro Tarragona province Catalonia Spain.
Long Eared Owl / Waldohreule ( Asio otus ) juvenile young perched in a tree turning around watching surprised and attentive looks funny wildlife Europe.
Studio shot of United States Marine with rifle weapons in uniforms turning around. Military equipment army helmet black glasses tactical gloves. Isolated on white weapons army patriotism concept.
Used books are seen lying disorganized on the street in a secondhand bookshop in San Salvador El Salvador 12 April 2018. Large collections of worn-out books mostly textbooks and educational paperbacks are sold regularly in secondhand bookshops in the center of the city.
Close up studio shot of special forces soldier in field uniforms and combat helmet portrait isolated on white background. Protective goggles glasses are on.
IRAQ Karabilah -- 11 Nov 2005 -- A US Marine and Iraqi Army soldiers watch over the surrounding streets from a rooftop in Karabilah Iraq during Operation Steel Curtain. The intent of Steel Curtain is to restore Iraqi sovereign control along the Iraq-Syria border and destroy the al Qaeda network operating throughout the Qaim region -- Picture by Neill A Sevelius / Lightroom Photos / US Marine Corps.
Luis Suarez and Arturo Vidal FC Barcelona players celebrate the goal in the Spanish League match between Deportivo Alaves and FC Barcelona at Estadio de Mendizorroza on April 23 2019 in Vitoria Spain
RUSSIA -- 10 Jun 2001 -- This MODIS true-color image shows the island of Novaya Zemlya which is north of western Russia. To the left of the island are the clear waters of the Barents Sea to the right the still ice-filled waters of the Kara Sea. The northern half of the island remains glacier-covered throughout the year -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA.
PARIS FRANCE - April 26 : Actor Michael Fassbender attends the 'X-Men Dark Phoenix' Photocall At Cafe De L'Homme on April 26 2019 in Paris France. (Photo by Ahmed Hadjouti)
File photo dated 06 Mar 1962 of NASA astronaut a Malcolm Scott Carpenter examines the honeycomb protective material on the main pressure bulkhead (heat shield) of his Mercury capsule nicknamed Aurora 7. Scott Carpenter's wife Patty Barrett said her husband had suffered complications following a stroke in September and died in a Denver hospice. Cmdr Carpenter was the second man to orbit the Earth in the Atlas 7 spacecraft as part of the Mercury missions -- Picture by Lightroom Photos/NASA.
Scary post apocalyptic survivor in handmade armored clothes armed with machete dangerous creature with face hidden behind mask and glasses in rags standing with cold weapon in hand studio shoot.
PERSIAN GULF Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln -- 02 Apr 2003 -- Two F/A-18C Hornets assigned to 'The Fist of the Fleet' of Strike Fighter Squadron Twenty-Five (VFA-25) and the 'Stingers' of Strike Fighter Squadron One Thirteen (VFA-113) wait in line as an F-14D Tomcat assigned to the 'Tomcatters' of Fighter Squadron Thirty-One (VF-31) prepares to launch from one of four steam powered catapults on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW 14) are currently conducting combat operations in support of the invasion of Iraq.US Navy photo (Released) -- Picture by Elizabeth Bartneck / Lightroom Photos / US Navy.
INDIA Sikkim -- circa 1965-1971 -- A young lama holding a Tibetan Buddhist prayer book at a monastery in Sikkim India -- Picture by Alice S Candell/Atlas Photo Archive.
Man in military camouflage uniform and mask equipped tactical ammunition standing on sand dune with service rifle replica in hands cloudy sky on background. Airsoft player taking part in war games.
Nyaungshwe Shan State Myanmar Asia - A one-legged rower is paddling along the northern shore of the Inle Lake at dawn situated in Shan State in central Myanmar. Its shores are inhabited by the Intha people who live of agricultural farming and fishing.
Arturo Vidal and Dembele FC Barcelona players celebrate the goal of Carles Aleña during a Spanish League match between Deportivo Alaves and FC Barcelona at Estadio de Mendizorroza on April 23 2019 in Vitoria Spain
UK Glastonbury -- Jun 1989 -- Portrait of the comedian Alexi Sayle pictured at the 1989 Glastonbury Music Festival in England UK -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell.
Players of both teams wait while the referee reviews the VAR in the Spanish League match between Deportivo Alaves and FC Barcelona at Estadio de Mendizorroza on April 23 2019 in Vitoria Spain
GERMANY Fallerleben -- 29 Jun 1944 -- The fuel tanks of the B-24 Liberator 'Little Warrior' of the 861st Bomber Squadron explode after being hit by anti-aircraft fire during a bombing raid on Germany -- Picture by Lightroom Photos/USAF.
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION -- 15 June 2013 -- The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) 'Albert Einstein' about to dock to the orbital outpost at 2:07 GMT June 15 2013 following a ten-day period of free-flight -- Picture by Lightroom Photos/NASA.
USA -- 26 Mar 1964 -- Dr Martin Luther King answers journalist's questions at a press conference at an undisclosed location in the United States. Dr King was a prominent civil rights campaigner in the 1960s and was later assassinated under mysterious circumstances -- Picture by Marion Trikosko / Lightroom Photos.
Once again Venezuelans went out to demonstrate this Saturday February 2 throughout Venezuela and the world in order to support the decisions taken by the European Union against the government of Nicolás Maduro.
Singapore Republic of Singapore Asia - View of the Forest Valley with indoor waterfall inside the new Jewel Terminal at Changi Airport designed by Moshe Safdie Architects.
May 1 2019 - Girona Spain. Workers and trade unionists demonstrate during International Worker's Day (May 1) against precariousness and poor working conditions to which they are subjected.
May 1 2019 - Girona Spain. Workers and trade unionists demonstrate during International Worker's Day (May 1) against precariousness and poor working conditions to which they are subjected.
IRAQ -- 15 Aug 2005 -- Iraqi and U. S. Soldiers seized this cache of weapons after a failed terrorist attack on a patrol base Aug. 11. In addition to the weapons the combined task force took six of the attackers into custody for questioning. US Army photo (Released) -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / US Army.
UK Felmersham -- 10 Jan 2014 -- Motorists negotiate a flooded road next to the Great River Ouse at Felmersham in Bedfordshire England UK. While the rain has let up slightly many areas of Britain near rivers are still extensively flooded -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell/Atlas Photo Archive.
