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Jurassic BritainAn artists impression of Jurassic (206 to 144 million years ago) Britain from space, with forested swamps and warm seas
A cross section of the Earth showing the mantle (the thick outer layer), the core (the inner layer) and the inner core (the centre)
Red Patch on JupiterA 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
Imperial Airways Poster, travel in comfortImperial Airways Poster, Travel In Comfort, serving Europe, Africa, India and the East, depicting a globe with routes marked. 20th century
Parallels of LatitudeParallels of latitude, including the Equator Date: circa 1690
Schiaparellis map of the planet MarsA map of the surface of the planet Mars by the Italian astronomer and historian of science, Giovanni Schiaparelli. Date: 1881/2
SKYLARK THREE (Dr Edward E Smith) The spaceship from Earth slices through the hostile craft from the planet Fenechrone Date: 1930
Moonlight RomanceThe first buss and the last bus - a back-to-earth tragedy. A couple kiss in the moonlight having floated away from the earth in a mist of romance
Planet SaturnSaturns rings observed from the surface of the planet
Wylds Great Globe, Leicester Square, London, 1851Engraving showing the building built for Wylds Great Globe in the early 1850 s. This building housed a 10, 000 sq. foot painting of planet Earth
EARTHs INTERIOR, 1735English geologist John Woodwards conception of the composition of the globe, with molten lava surrounded by a thick crust
Earth Seen by MarsMartian 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 !
When Meteorites CrashEvery day 1000s of meteorites hit our planet : most are small, but if a large one were to fall into the ocean near a major city, the destruction would be immense
Sailboat on MercuryThe insectoid residents of the planet Mercury will develop their own technology to navigate their chemically polluted waters : mica will be the material of choice
Ship of JupiterOn the planet Jupiter, electrical power propels the ocean-going vessels through the sea of sticky heavy oil which would clog the propellors used on Earth
Life on the Stars 5Life on a planet of the giant star Betelgeuse : people live in movable homes in which they can migrate from place to place, in tall legged homes
Life on JupiterThe 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 EarthmanJust 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 UranusThough 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
A City of NeptuneConditions 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
Cosmic MutationMinute fluctuations in the cosmic rays which strike our planet and cause evolution (!) could lead to mutations which would not be advantageous to life as we know it
Shape of the EarthA 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 1869The planet as observed and drawn by John Browning
Moon Studies EarthInhabitants of the Moon, studying life on Earth, conclude that our human wars must be some kind of attempt to prevent the planet cooling
Les Exiles De LA TerreLES EXILES DE LA TERRE (Andre Laurie) Exiled on the Moon, a man gazes at Earth through his telescope and wishes he was back there again
VISITORS FROM MLOK (Clark Ashton-Smith) The Earthman is projected back to his planet before the destruction of Mlok
Tunnel through EarthThe French astronomer Flammarion proposes a tunnel through the Earth
Typical landscape on the planet MarsA 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
Encounter with a tall man from MarsAn encounter with a tall man from the planet Mars -- A huge Martian, who seemed to stand nearly nine feet high -- illustrating George Griffiths Stories of Other Worlds
Earth Touches HeavensEarths junction with the heavens
Victor Hugo / Gill GlobeVICTOR HUGO French writer, sitting on top of the world
Saturn, Two ViewsTwo views of the planet, one from sideways-on, the other looking downwards, showing the surrounding rings
Landing on MarsLanding on the Planet Mars
Approaching MarsInterplanetary Rocket Approaches the Planet Mars
Continents JoinedSniders conception of how Earths continents were originally one - proposed long before Wegener, longer still before it was accepted by the scientific establishment
Newly Created Earth 1550God and his angels look down on the innocent planet he has just created, while demons contemplate the possibilities of messing it all up
Blunt / Atmospherical RefA diagram explaining atmospherical refraction
Blunt / Earths ShadowsThe Earths shadows
Blunt / Phases of SaturnPhases of the planet Saturn
Blunt / Earth & AsteroidsThe Earth in relation to the Sun and inferior planets and asteroids
Blunt / Earths RotundityThe Earths rotundity
Blunt / Earths DimensionsThe Earths figure and dimensions
Earth Seen from Moonseen above the Mountains of the Moon
Observing VenusAstronomy at the Place du Chatelet in Paris. Street stargazers observe the planet Venus through a telescope
Planet MarsThe planet Mars seen from Earth
Planet VenusThe planet Venus seen from Earth
Planet JupiterThe planet Jupiter seen from Earth