ESO 1  Science

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1. The Earth in the Universe

The Hubble Space Telescope

The International Space Station

Repairing the IIS

The IIS, the Earth and the Moon

Robot arm over Earth with sunburst[Photo from NASA]

Space shuttle Discovery

Space shuttle Endeavour (I)[Photo from NASA]

Space shuttle Endeavour (II)

Phoenix spaceprobe descending to Mars on 25 may 2008

Milky Way

Milky Way and Jupiter[Photo taken by Wally Pacholka]

Spiral galaxy NGC 4414

Barred spiral galaxy NGC1300

Galaxy system Arp-87

Galactic collision[Photo from NASA]

Cluster of galaxies Abell 1689

Cluster of galaxies

Orion nebula

Carina nebula

Eagle nebula

Crab nebula

Veil nebula

Homunculus nebula

God's eye nebula[Photo from NASA]

Remnants of the supernova SN1006 (I)

Remnants of the supernova SN1006 (II)

The Pillars of Creation: star formation in the Eagle Nebula

Star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud

The Cosmos Middle Finger: is God angry with us?

Constellation of Orion

The Sun

Spots on Sun's surface

Solar storm of magnetic plasma taken by the SOHO space probe

Total solar eclipse

Total solar eclipse from space[Photo from NASA]

Sun's radiation spectrum

Asteroid Mathilde

Comets' pathway

Comets' tails (I)

Comets' tails (II)

Comet Halley in 1910

Comet Hale-Bopp

Comet Hale-Bopp and Aurora Borealis

Solar System's planets and dwarf planets

The rocky planets and some moons

The gaseous planets compared to the Earth

Venus near the Moon

Venus[Photo from NASA]

Mars[Photo from NASA]

Mars seen from the Rosetta spaceprobe

Sunset in Mars

Victoria crater in Mars, taken by the Opportunity rover

Water on Mars?

Mars' moon Phobos

Jupiter's atmosphere

Frozen surface of Jupiter's moon Europa from the Galileo spaceprobe[Photo from NASA]

Aurora borealis in Saturn

Saturn seen from the Cassini spaceprobe (I)

Saturn seen from the Cassini spaceprobe (II)

Saturn's moon Rhea[Photo from NASA]

Saturn's moon Iapetus from the Cassini spaceprobe

Solstices and equinoxes

Aurora Borealis seen from the space

The Earth and the Moon[Photo from NASA]

The Earth and the Moon from Mars

Earth setting down from the Moon

Impact crater in the Sahara Desert[Taken from the Earth Observatory]

The Moon

The Moon's phases

Total lunar eclipse

8. The Plant Kingdom

Global vegetation map

Plant environmental benefits

Flower parts

Simple leaf parts

Leaf shapes

Leaf margins

Leaf venations

External stem anatomy[Taken from the Wikipedia]

External root anatomy

Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster)

Stone pine (Pinus pinea)

Stone pine (Pinus pinea) - Bark

Stone pine (Pinus pinea) - Leaves

Stone pine (Pinus pinea) - Expanding shoot in spring

Stone pine (Pinus pinea) - Closed female cone

Stone pine (Pinus pinea) - Open female cone

Stone pine (Pinus pinea) - Scale from female cone

Stone pine (Pinus pinea) - Male cones

Norway spruce (Picea abies)

Norway spruce (Picea abies) - Shoot

Norway spruce (Picea abies) - Open female cone

Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani)

Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica)

Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) - Foliage and female cone

Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) - Foliage and male cones

Beech (Fagus sylvatica) - Forest

Beech (Fagus sylvatica) - Foliage

Beech (Fagus sylvatica) - Leaves and beechnuts

Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur)

Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica)

Holm oak (Quercus ilex)

Cork oak (Quercus suber) - Leaves

Cork oak (Quercus suber) - Acorns

Cork oak (Quercus suber) - Harvested bark

Black poplar (Populus nigra)

Black poplar (Populus nigra) - Leaves

Black poplar (Populus nigra) - Burrs on bark

White poplar (Populus alba) - Leaves and catkins

White poplar (Populus alba) - Leaves

Common aspen (Populus tremula) - Leaves (I)

Common aspen (Populus tremula) - Leaves (II)

Weeping willow (Salix sepulcralis)

Weeping willow (Salix sepulcralis) - Leaves and catkins

White willow (Salix alba)

White willow (Salix alba) - Leaves

White willow (Salix alba) - Catkin

Narrow-leafed ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) - Leaves

European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) - Leave

European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) - Seeds

Silver Birch (Betula pendula)

Silver Birch (Betula pendula) - Leaves

Silver Birch (Betula pendula) - Leaves and catkin

Silver Birch (Betula pendula) - Bark

Wych elm (Ulmus glabra)

European white elm (Ulmus laevis)

Box elder maple (Acer negundo)

Norway maple (Acer platanoides)

Field maple (Acer campestre)

London plane (Platanus x hispanica) (I)

London plane (Platanus x hispanica) (II)

Common privet (Ligustrum vulgare)

White mulberry (Morus alba)

Black mulberry (Morus nigra)

Mimosa (Acacia dealbata) (I)

Mimosa (Acacia dealbata) (II)

Common dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) (I)

Common dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) (II)

ESO 3  Biology and Geology

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3. Interaction in Humans

ESO 4  Biology and Geology

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4. Natural History of the Earth

Why is the fossil record gappy and uneven?

Ripple marks[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Artistic depiction of the protoplanetary disk[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Artistic depiction of the collision between Theia and the Earth[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Earth's ice through geologic time[Taken from NSF.gov]

Earth's clock[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Fossil stromatolites[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Alive stromatolites in Shark Bay, Australia[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Filamentous cyanobacteria[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Depiction of Ediacaran life forms[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Anatomy of trilobites[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Trilobite in lateral and ventral views[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Enrolled trilobite[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Cruziana, trackways of trilobites (I)[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Cruziana, trackways of trilobites (II)[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Reconstruction of an ammonite[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Large ammonite fossil[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Iridiscent ammonite fossil[Taken from the Wikipedia]

The truth about dinosaurs

Fossil of Archaeopteryx (I)[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Fossil of Archaeopteryx (II) with impressions of feathers[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Fossil of Archaeopteryx (III) with impressions of feathers[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Replica of an Archaeopteryx skeleton[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Model of Archaeopteryx[Taken from the Wikipedia]

The crater of Chicxulub[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Hominoids' skeletons[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Phylogenetic tree of Hominines[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Phylogenetic tree of Hominans[Taken from the Smithsonian Institution]

Toumaï (Sahelanthhropus tchadensis)[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Ardipithecus ramidus

Paranthropus aethiopicus[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Paranthropus boisei (I)[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Paranthropus boisei (II)[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Kenyanthropus platyops[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis)[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Reconstruction of the skull of Australopithecus afarensis[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Mrs. Ples (Australopithecus africanus)[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Homo habilis[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Turkana boy (Homo ergaster)[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Incomplete skull of Homo antecessor from Atapuerca (Spain)[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Homo heidelbergensis[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Homo neanderthalensis[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Archaic Homo sapiens (Cro-Magnon)[Taken from the Wikipedia]

Comparison between H. sapiens and H. neanderthalensis skulls[Taken from the Wikipedia]