2003 Collection

Cosmic microwave background. Spherical projection of the cosmic microwave background, using all-sky data from the WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe)

Orion nebula (M42), optical image. This is a huge starbirth region, where gas is coalescing to form new stars. Radiation from the hot young stars ionises the gases in the nebula

Sombrero galaxy (M104), HST image
Sombrero galaxy (M104, NGC 4594), Hubble Space Telescope image. This spiral galaxy is seen almost edge-on to Earth. Its disc is seen as a dark band of dust crossing the brighter central bulge

Ferrari Enzo Italy

Ducati 748R Italy

Listowel Monorail
The Lartigue monorail linking Listowel and Ballybunion is the worlds first commercially viable monorail, operating till 1924. It will be partly reconstructed in 2003

Volkswagen VW Golf R32 Mk 4

Volkswagen VW R32 Golf

Stuffed Kittens Lunch
Stuffed animals sit around a tiny table eating and drinking at the Walter Potter Museum, Jamaica Inn, London, sadly sold off and disbanded in 2003. Date: 1960s

Ariel Atom Britain

Vauxhall VX220 Britain

India at night, satellite image
India at night, satellite view. This image is a composite showing the change in illumination over India from 1992-2003. Satellite data from 2003 is coloured red

Full Moon. The Moon appears full when it is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun during its orbit, when it presents its full sunlit face to Earth

Duncan Ferguson's Triumphant Goal: Everton's Victory over Leeds United in the FA Barclaycard Premiership
Football - FA Barclaycard Premiership - Everton v Leeds United - 28/9/03 Duncan Ferguson celebrates after he scores the 3rd goal for Everton Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Michael Regan Livepic

Beagle 2 landing on Mars
Beagle 2 probe landing on Mars, computer artwork. Its heat shield is glowing as it falls through the Martian atmosphere. This British probe was carried to Mars by the European Space Agencys Mars

Calder Hall Power Stn
Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station, Cumbria, England, Britains first, it opened in 1956. The first in the world to produce electricity on a commercial scale. Closed 2003

Espen Baardsen

Scottish Premier League Winners 2002 / 2003
Scottish Premier League Winners 2002/2003

Duncan Ferguson's Red Card: Aston Villa vs. Everton, FA Barclaycard Premiership (2003)
Football - FA Barclaycard Premiership, Aston Villa v Everton - 25/10/03 Referee Andy D Urso books Evertons Duncan Ferguson Mandatory Credit:Action Images / John Sibley

Duncan Ferguson Scores Dramatic Penalty for Everton Against Newcastle United, FA Barclaycard Premiership, September 13
Football - FA Barclaycard Premiership - Everton v Newcastle United - 13/9/03 Duncan Ferguson scores the second goal for Everton from the penalty spot Mandatory Credit

Uranus. Hubble Space Telescope image of the planet Uranus, showing its ring system and six of its moons. The bright moon at lower right is Ariel. Five other faint moons are seen around the rings

Ford Focus British

Pagani Zonda C12s 7. 3
Pagani Zonda C12s 7.3

Bentley Speed 8 Britain

Toyota Avensis Japan

Harley Davidson FLHTCUI Ultra Classic Electra Glide 2005 Black

BMW Z4 Roadster Germany

Aprilia RSV R1000

Bentley Continental GT, 2003, Grey-green
Bentley Continental GT 2003 Grey-green

Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale CS

Europe at night, 1993-2003 changes
Europe at night, showing the change in illumination from 1993-2003. This data is based on satellite observations. Lights are colour-coded. Red lights appeared during that period

Columbia Space Shuttle
The Columbia Space Shuttle (Orbiter Vehicle Designation OV 102). On its first flight in April 1981, it orbited the earth 36 times. Its last flight was in 2003. Date: photo 1983

2003 VW Golf Tdi interior
2003 VW Golf Tdi

National Gallery 1906
The exterior of the National Gallery fronting onto Trafalgar Square, before the new works of 2003

Hamblings Scallop, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK, 25 / 5 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies
Scallop (2003) by Maggi Hambling (b1945), Aldeburgh, Suffolk. The sculpture celebrates the composer Benjamin Britten who lived locally. Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK

2003 VW Golf Tdi

Jaguar X-Type

Aston Martin DB AR1 V12 Zagato Roadster2003Silver, Aston Martin, ASM37378

Rangers Treble Season 2002 / 2003
Rangers Treble Season 2002/2003

XXXX HOUSE, SHIZUOKA, JAPAN, MOUNT FUJI ARCHITECTS XXXX HOUSE, SHIZUOKA, JAPAN, MOUNT FUJI ARCHITECTS The client had saved 1.5 million yen ( about US $14 000)

Khaki Chums Christmas Truce Cross, St Yvon, Belgium
At Christmas 1914, over the 24th/25th December, a truce was held here between the 1st Battalion the Warwickshire Regiment and the 7th Bavarians in which Bruce Bairnsfaher took part

Auditorio de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Boeing EC-135K 59-1518
United States Air Force - Boeing EC-135K 59-1518 (MSN 18006), at Davis-Monthan AFB for storage and disposal, on 25 April 2003. Date: 2003

VPM M-16 Tandem Trainer G-DBDB (msn PFA G/12-1239) Date: circa 2003

VPM M-16 Tandem Trainer G-DBDB (msn PFA G/12-1239) Date: circa 2003

Curtiss JN-4D Jenny G-ECAB (msn 1917), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford on 19 July 2003. Date: 2003

Curtiss JN-4D Jenny G-ECAB (msn 1917), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford on 19 July 2003. Date: 2003

Curtiss JN-4D Jenny G-ECAB (msn 1917), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford on 19 July 2003. Date: 2003

Dornier Do-228-101 D-CALM (msn 7051), of the Natural Environment Research Council, at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford on 19 July 2003. Date: 2003

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 G-TDTW (msn 46983 / 252), of MyTravel.com Date: circa 2003

de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 G-BRYJ (msn 319), of British Airways CitiExpress Date: circa 2003

Fairey Firefly AS Mk.5 WB271
Royal Navy Historic Flight - Fairey Firefly AS.5 WB271 - seen at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose (WB271 tragically crashed with two fatalities at a Duxford airshow on 12 July 2003) Date: circa 1995

BAC 111-539GL One-Eleven ZH763
QinetiQ - BAC 111-539GL One-Eleven ZH763 (msn BAC.263, ex G-BGKE) Date: 2003

SIAI-Marchetti M.311 I-PATS (msn 201), at the Paris Air show in June 2003, with airshow serial '340'. Date: 2003

Gloster Javelin FAW.9 XH903 'G' (msn S4/U/3361), at RAF Fairford for the Royal International Air Tattoo on 16 July 2003 Date: 2003

Saunders-Roe SR.53 XD145 (msn 1), at RAF Fairford for the Royal International Air Tattoo on 19 July 2003 Date: 2003

Saunders-Roe SR.53 XD145 (msn 1), at RAF Fairford for the Royal International Air Tattoo on 19 July 2003 Date: 2003

Hawker Sea Hawk 8151M / A2661 / WV795 (msn 6056), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 20 July 2003. Date: 2003

Supermarine Scimitar F.1 XD332, at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 20 July 2003. Date: 2003

2003 United States GP
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - SEPTEMBER 28: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F2003-GA, kicks up dust as he crosses the finish line

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-2589
United States Air Force - Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker 57-2589 (MSN 17725) 13 December 1958: First flight. 21 January 1959: 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Offutt AFB, NE

United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom 155847 (unit code AE, call-sign 110 ) of VF-41, embarked on USS Roosevelt

Convair JC-131B O-53-7791 (MSN 243), (the letter O denotes Obsolete), modified as JC-131B test-bed. Assigned to Aeronautical Systems Division

North American TF-51D Mustang N20TF, at Duxford. Date: 2003

Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S. 2B XX889 - T
Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B XX889 / T (msn B3-05-73), of the Blackburn Buccaneer Society, at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 24 July 2003. Date: 2003

Grumman G-164A Ag-Cat CS-APY (msn 1238), of Agroar - Trabalhos Aereos, at Evora, Portugal. Date: circa 2003

Hawker Siddeley Gnat T. 1 G-MOUR - XR991
Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1 G-MOUR / XR991 (msn FL585). Date: 2003

Hawker Siddeley Gnat T. 1 XR571
Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1 XR571 (msn FL561). Date: 2003

Hawker Siddeley Gnat T. 1 G-TIMM - XS111
Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1 G-TIMM / XS111 (msn FL.549), at RAF Fairford on 20 July 2003 for the Royal International Air Tattoo. (Real identity ex XP504, w/o 1 August 2015) Date: 2003

Dornier Do-228 D-CALM
Dornier Do-228-101 D-CALM (msn 7051), of the Natural Environment Research Council, at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 24 July 2003. Date: 2003

Aermacchi MB-339A MM54548
Aeronautica Militare - Aermacchi MB-339A MM54548 (msn 6769), at RAF Fairford on 19 July 2003 for the RIAT. (Aeronautica Militare - Italian Air Force) Date: 2003

Hurel-Dubois HD. 34 F-BHOO
Hurel-Dubois HD.34 F-BHOO (msn 01), one of eight operated by the Institut Geographique Nationale (IGN) from Creil. (later F-AZNH) Date: circa 2003

Transland Ag-2 N8330H and N8831H
Transland Ag-2 N8830H and N8831H, 1st and 2nd prototypes. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co

Transland Ag-2 N8330H, the first prototype in flight. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co

Airbus A320-214 G-OOAU (msn 1637), of Air 2000. Date: circa 2003

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 G-TAOS (msn 47832), of MyTravel Airways. Date: circa 2003

Barry White, record producer and singer-songwriter
Barry Eugene White (1944-2003), American record producer and singer-songwriter. Date: circa 1980s

Walter Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist
Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (1912-2003), South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (ANC). Date: circa 1960s

Denis Thatcher, British businessman and PM's husband
Major Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet (1915-2003), British businessman, best known as the husband of Margaret Thatcher, nee Roberts, British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Date: circa 1980s

Bill Morris, trade union leader, giving a speech
Bill Morris (William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, b 1938), trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the TGWU (Transport and General Workers Union) 1992-2003

Michael Meacher, British Labour politician
Michael Hugh Meacher (b 1939), British Labour politician, served as Minister of State for the Environment 1997-2003. Seen here campaigning with others against the closure of the Peter Pan Ward in

Learjet 35A LJ-2
Suomen ilmavoimat - Learjet 35A LJ-2 (msn 35-451), of TukiLLv, at RAF Fairford for the RIAT on 19 July 2003. (Suomen ilmavoimat - Finnish Air Force). Date: 2003

de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T. 10 G-BARS
de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10 G-BARS (msn C1/0557, ex1377) Date: circa 2003

Percival Prentice G-APJB (msn PAC/086). Date: circa 2003

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"Exploring the Cosmic Microwave Background and Sombrero Galaxy: A Glimpse into 2003" In 2003, scientists delved into the mysteries of our universe, capturing breathtaking images like never before. The Hubble Space Telescope unveiled a mesmerizing portrait of the majestic Sombrero galaxy (M104), leaving us in awe of its beauty and complexity. On Earth, automotive enthusiasts were captivated by two iconic vehicles that made their debut in 2003. Italy proudly introduced the sleek and powerful Ferrari Enzo, embodying pure speed and luxury. Meanwhile, Volkswagen unleashed the dynamic VW Golf R32 Mk 4, combining performance with practicality. Amidst celestial wonders and cutting-edge automobiles, astronomers turned their gaze towards the Orion Nebula (M42). This stunning cosmic nursery illuminated our understanding of star formation processes within vast interstellar clouds. While technological advancements soared to new heights globally, Ireland showcased its unique charm with the Listowel Monorail – a whimsical mode of transportation that added a touch of magic to everyday life. Back on four wheels, car enthusiasts reveled in another remarkable creation as Volkswagen presented yet another gem -the VW R32 Golf- boasting power and precision on every turn. Across borders in Britain emerged an automotive marvel known as Ariel Atom; this lightweight sports car redefined speed with its exhilarating performance. Not far behind was Vauxhall VX220 from Britain's own automobile industry -a striking roadster that combined elegance with sheer driving pleasure under open skies. Shifting gears from land to space once more, we witnessed India at night through a satellite image – an illuminating display showcasing urban landscapes intertwined with vibrant city lights across this diverse nation. In lighter moments amidst all these extraordinary events came "Stuffed Kittens Lunch, " perhaps reminding us not to take life too seriously but instead find joy in simple pleasures even amid grand discoveries. Lastly, Beagle 2 landing on Mars marked a significant milestone in space exploration.