Images Dated 2nd February 2012

Comet Lovejoy at dawn

Comet Lovejoy at dawn over the Southern Ocean. At upper right is part of the Milky Way, the band of billions of stars that is our galaxy seen from the inside. Comets are icy bodies from the outer solar system that boil and form a bright tail of gas and dust as they approach the Sun. Comet Lovejoy reached its closest approach to the Sun on 16 December 2011. Photographed on 23 December 2011 from Cape Schanck, on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

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A chapel on the Taubenberg mountain in Warngau is framed by frozen leafs

A chapel on the Taubenberg mountain in Warngau is framed by frozen leafs on February 2, 2012. Snow and temperatures close to -14 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) have hit parts of southern Germany in the last few days. German met office DWD expected the icy high pressure front from northern Russia to last well into next week. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY - Tags: RELIGION TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Ladies on the Bosphorous with Rumeli Hisar Beyond, 1873 (pencil and watercolour on paper)

651532 Ladies on the Bosphorous with Rumeli Hisar Beyond, 1873 (pencil and watercolour on paper) by Preziosi, Amadeo (1816-82); 29.2x46.4. cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladies on the Bosphorous with Rumeli Hisar1 Beyond. Amadeo Preziosi (1816-1882). Pencil and watercolour on paper. Signed and dated 1873. 29.2 x 46.4cm.); Photo A© Christie's Images; Maltese, out of copyright

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