Images Dated 13th August 2008

Earthrise over Moon, Apollo 8

Earthrise over Moon, Apollo 8. This famous image, one of the first of the Earth seen from another world, was taken by US astronauts on board the Apollo 8 spacecraft on 24th December 1968 as they orbited the Moon. The astronauts saw this view with the Moon's surface at right, but the image is usually displayed in this orientation to show the Earth rising over the Moon. Along with the first photographs of the Earth from space, this photograph become iconic for its depiction of the beauty and fragility of the Earth

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PENTACLE OF VENUS. Magical talisman used to control the spirit of Venus

PENTACLE OF VENUS.
Magical talisman used to control the spirit of Venus. Drawing after a symbol from the Key of Solomon, a Renaissance book falsely attributed to King Solomon

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Amulet, Aphrodite, Astrology, Beauty, Deity, Drawing, Greco Roman Mythology, Key Of Solomon, Magic, Medieval, Mystic, Mysticism, Occult, Pentacle, Pentagram, Renaissance, Symbol, Talisman

EGYPTIAN SYMBOL: MENAT. Various menats, symbols representing the heavy beaded necklace

EGYPTIAN SYMBOL: MENAT.
Various menats, symbols representing the heavy beaded necklace associated with the goddess Hathor. The menat symbolizes the ideas of virility, family and joy

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African, Ancient, Egypt, Family, Fertility, Goddess, Happy, Hathor, House, Luck, Menat, Necklace, North African, Symbol