Planets Collection (page 3)

Letters from the Planets
Venusian space travellers, who have landed on one of Jupiters moons, walk from night into day Date: 1892

Two faces of the planet Mars
The two faces of the planet Mars, seen against a night sky with stars. Date: 1927

James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer
James Ferguson (1710-1776), Scottish astronomer, with a sketch of planets orbiting the sun. Date: circa 1760

Ptolemaeus system Date: 2nd century AD

The Planetarium by G. H. Davis
A device for the teaching of astronomy: the planetarium. How the courses of stars and planets are projected onto an artificial sky : a planetarium in diagram. Date: 1927

Inner Earth
The inner earth breaks through the Earths crust. Date: 1735

John Russell Hind
JOHN RUSSELL HIND English astronomer, working in Mr Bishops observatory in Regents Park, London, an indefatigable discoverer of planets. Date: 1823 - 1895

Formation of planets myth. Engraving by J. vander Schley, from Pierre de Hondt, Histoire Naturelle generale et particuliere avec la description du Cabinet du Roy

Michelangelo (1475-1564). Sistine Chapel. 1508-1512. VATICAN CITY. Vatican Palaces. Detail of the vault. The Creation of the universe and the planets. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Fresco

Astronomical Observations. 1711. Series of eight panels (51 x 35 cm. each one) dedicated to the planets. Detail of the pictures of the Moon (left), Mercury (center) and Venus. Baroque art

Red Patch on Jupiter
A mysterious red patch on Jupiters surface which some astronomers think might be the first stage of the creation of a new Moon for the planet Date: 1921

Parallels of Latitude
Parallels of latitude, including the Equator Date: circa 1690

Schiaparellis map of the planet Mars
A map of the surface of the planet Mars by the Italian astronomer and historian of science, Giovanni Schiaparelli. Date: 1881/2

Planet Saturn
Saturns rings observed from the surface of the planet

EARTHs INTERIOR, 1735
English geologist John Woodwards conception of the composition of the globe, with molten lava surrounded by a thick crust

Life on Europa, one of Jupiters moons : little is known of conditions there, so our artist pictures its life in imaginative style

Earth Seen by Mars
Martian astronomers, on the basis of their observations, may well think that an Earth city looks like this. As though we would walk about with no clothes on !

A City on Saturn
The spider-like inhabitants of Saturn build their cities in volcanic craters, not only for protection but to benefit from the warm temperatures

Venus Sailing Ship
The inventive folk on Venus have doubtless developed ingenious solutions for navigating their oceans : this sailing vessel has wooden sails like Venetian blinds

Life on Jupiter
The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is 318 times as large as Earth, so perhaps supports a huge population which may surpass our civilisation in every way

Martian and Earthman
Just as we speculate what Martians are like, they must be wondering about us. Knowing conditions on our planet, they perhaps picture us like this

A City on Europa
Europa, a moon of Jupiter, has cities of glass and plastic, exploiting ersatz science : on the other hand, giant domesticated insects provide the transportation

A City on Io
Temperatures are low on Io, a moon of Jupiter, and its people must wrap up well : their cities are built entirely of crystal, which doesn t make life any cosier

A City on Titan
Here on Titan, largest of Saturns satellite moons, everything is on a massive scale - their cities make New York seem puny. People are intelligent and civilised

A City on Ganymede
Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, is inhabited by cat-like people, who build their cities at the poles to exploit the magnetic force to provide heat, light and energy

A City on Callisto
Conditions on Callisto, a moon of Jupiter, are comparable to those on Earth, and their people, cities and artifacts are not radically different from ours

Life on Callisto, one of Jupiters moons : scientists say that it may be capable of supporting life, though not necessarily life as we know it

A City on Mercury
The inhabitants of Mercury are insectoid, and their techno- -logy is a superior form of that used by ants and bees on Earth : quartz crystals are used to build their cities

A City on Uranus
Though discovered by Herschel in 1781, we know little about the seventh planet from the sun : the city of Metalia, made of metal and glass, is what life may be like there

Life on Mars
Mars is closer to Earth in size than the other planets, so we can expect life there to be somewhat similar to ours - this is an educated guess at a Martian metropolis

A City of Neptune
Conditions on the 8th planet from the sun favour reptile- like inhabitants : they build dome-like homes which are welded to the metallic rocks which form the planet

Planets - Mars
MARS drives his chariot over the face of the Earth, where under his influence people everywhere are fighting, burning, pillaging and slaughtering one another

Planets - Jupiter
JUPITER (Zeus, Jove) drives his chariot, drawn by eagles, over Earth where scientists study the cosmos and conduct experiments and philosophers engage in learned discourse

Planets - Saturn
SATURN drives his chariot through the skies, drawn by a pair of dragons : miners dig in the earth, prophets and soothsayers, magicians and witches play their trades

Planets - Mercury
MERCURY (Hermes) drives his chariot drawn by two carrier pigeons over Earth where merchants are trading, importing, selling, bartering, and exchanging goods

Planets - Title Page
Title page of Planetarum effectus, showing Jove/Zeus with eagle and thunderbolts, ruling the heavens of which he has a cosmic blueprint with the zodiacal signs

Planets - Venus
VENUS (Aphrodite) drives her chariot drawn by two doves over the Earth where people are dancing, wooing, courting, hugging, music-making and love-making

Shape of the Earth
A diagram demonstrating how the Earth is definitely round due to the shadow cast across the moon and not triangular square or hexagonal in shape

Jupiter Observed 1869
The planet as observed and drawn by John Browning

Jupiter, Pope Crowns King
Jupiter, in peacock-chariot ensures splendid order is kept as Pope crowns King

Aphrodite and the Arts
Venus rides chariot pulled by doves. Under her influence the arts of love and music flourish

Tunnel through Earth
The French astronomer Flammarion proposes a tunnel through the Earth

Mars Canals
Birds eye view of part of the Martian surface, showing the canal-like network

Planets and Zodiac
The Solar System, showing how the planets move between the houses of the Zodiacal system, thereby inevitably affecting everything that happens and everyone who is born

Typical landscape on the planet Mars
A typical landscape on the planet Mars, in one of the marshy areas

Different aspects of the planet Mars, showing the variations in the character of its surface

Earth Touches Heavens
Earths junction with the heavens

3rd Day of the Creation
The fourth day

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