Images Dated 30th July 2003

Whole Earth (Blue Marble 2000)

Whole Earth. Composite satellite image of Earth centred on the Americas. This is Blue Marble 2000, one of the most detailed Earth images ever made. It was done to update the original "blue marble" images taken by Apollo astronauts. It is the result of the combination of data from three Earth-observing satellites. A GOES satellite took the overall Earth image, SeaWiFS gathered ocean colour data and the AVHRR instruments on POES satellites mapped the vegetation. Hurricane Linda, a huge spiral storm system, is at centre left. Relief features have been exaggerated by 50 times. The Moon (upper left) has been superimposed on the image, and is not to scale

© NASA/GSFC/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Satellite image of southwest England

Southwest England. True-colour satellite image of southwest England, centred on the counties of Dorset (at right) and Somerset (at left). North is at top. Visible cities and towns include Bournemouth (at lower right), Weymouth (at bottom centre), Yeovil (at centre left), Taunton (at left), and Southampton (at far right). The urban areas are surrounded by a patchwork of fields. Between Southampton and Bournemouth is the New Forest (dark green). At bottom is the English Channel. Image taken by the American Landsat-5 satellite

© PLANETOBSERVER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Harrogate: Come for Health, Stay for Pleasure, LNER poster, 1930

Poster produced for the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), promoting rail travel to the spa town of Harrogate, in Yorkshire, showing theatre-goers seated in the opulent auditorium of the Royal Hall (also known as the Kursaal), watching a performance. Artwork by Fred Taylor (1875-1963). Printed by Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd, Lithographers, Leeds. Dimensions: 1016mm x 1270mm

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