Surface Collection

Earthrise photograph, artwork
Earthrise photograph. Artwork based on the famous Earthrise photographs taken by the Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman and William Anders

Arisaig, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Canoe on Lake Louise at Sunrise, Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

The Jacobite, Fort William to Mallaig railway, Loch Eil, Lochaber, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Marina Bay Sands at night, Marina Bay, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Nude man twisting at the waist

Astronaut on Moon with Earth

Venera 13 photos of surface of Venus

Mans body. Nude man with outstretched arms, seen from behind

Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Early 1900s
View of Williams shaft headgear built in 1894. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Photographer: John Charles Burrow

Apollo 17 astronaut. US astronaut and geologist Dr Harrison Schmitt exploring the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon, as part of NASAs Apollo 17 mission

Astronaut footprints on the Moon. Computer artwork recreating a photograph of boot imprints left by astronauts on the Moon

Curiosity rover, artwork
NASAs next Mars rover, the Curiosity Rover, will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planets Gale Crater. Launch is palneed for November/ December 2011

Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) diving for fish, split level shot, Shetland, Scotland, UK, September

HMS VIGILANT. Nuclear powered Trident Submarine. CLYDE AREA OF SCOTLAND. 03 / 04 / 1996
HMS Vigilant. This Trident Submarine is a Nuclear powered vessel contributing to NATOs nuclear deterrent. It is an advanced, high speed, long endurance underwater sub

Lavender pollen grain, SEM
Lavender pollen grain. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a pollen grain (yellow) amongst the petal (papilla) cells (purple) of a French lavender (Lavandula dentata) flower

Nude man
MODEL RELEASED. Nude man seen from the side

Calabai-yau manifolds
Calabi-yau manifolds. Computer artwork of calabi- yau manifolds. These six-dimensional shapes are thought to be the location of the extra six dimensions (on top of the four known to exist)

APOLLO 11: BUZZ ALDRIN. Astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin standing on moon. Neil Armstrong and Eagle reflected in his visor
APOLLO 11: BUZZ ALDRIN. Astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin standing on moon. Armstrong and Eagle reflected in his visor, 20 July 1969

Cat tongue surface, SEM
Cats tongue. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of a cats (family Felidae) tongue. The tongue is covered in many backward facing papillae (projections)

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching, near Hout Bay, South Africa

Map of Antarctica overlaid with illustrations of Sea Gulls, Penguins, Elephant Seal, Shrimp and buildings

A sperm whale family swimming together
A sperm whale family swims together while sharing a close bond between them

Sunset, Ambleside, Lake Windermere, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Stores on Harbour Drive, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Greater Antilles, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Romney Marsh and Fairfield Church near Brookland, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pittsburgh skyline and Fort Pitt Bridge over the Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, North America

Pittsburgh skyline and the Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, North America

The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Hotel, Lake Louise, Banff National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America

Richard Arthur (Dicky Nine Lives), Edwyn Vincent (1858-1919)
Oil on canvas, English School, 1887. Primitive style full length portrait of man in mining clothes with Pednandrea Mine in the background of the painting

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) playing in the waves of an oil tanker, Port Aransas, Texas, USA

The Scafell range across the reflective waters of Wast Water in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Great crested newt (Triturus cristata) underwater. It is named for the large crest that develops on the backs of the males in the mating season

Martian landscape, Spirit rover image
Martian landscape. False-colour image of the Martian surface taken by NASAs Mars exploration rover Spirit between the 23rd and 24th November 2005. Part of the rover can be seen at bottom centre

Orca whales (Orcinus orca) pod surfacing together, Shetland, Scotland, UK. April

Pednandrea stamps and mine dressing floor at Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall. 1865
The area in the photograph is now covered by Clinton Road, Park Road and Albany Road, Redruth. According to the Ordnance Survey Six Inch map Cornwall LXIII

Wheal Friendly Mine, Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall. 1895
Seen from below. The building and smoking stack have been worked at various times as a foundry, tin stream works and a factory

Camargue horses in the marsh, Camargue, Bouches du Rhone, Provence, France, Europe

Jupiter from Europa, artwork
Jupiter from Europa. Computer artwork of a view towards Jupiter and its moons, across the surface of Europa as it might have looked four billion years ago

Pittsburgh skyline and Fort Pitt Bridge over the Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, North America

Neptune seen from its tiny, distant moon, Nereid

A gigantic scarp on the surface of Uranus moon, Miranda. It is the sheerest known cliff in the solar system. It may be 3 miles high

Earthrise from the Moon, artwork
Earthrise from the Moon, computer artwork

Resident killer whale bull, Orcinus orca, Cattle Pass, San Juan Island, Washington, United States of America, North America

The Ak Orda, Presidential Palace of President Nursultan Nazarbayev at dawn, Astana, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia

Small intestine, SEM
Small intestine. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a biopsy from the small intestines of a child. The small intestine runs from the stomach to the large intestine

Mars Spirit rover. Computer illustration of the Spirit rover on the surface of Mars. This is one of two identical rovers sent to Mars in 2003

Apollo 14 astronaut on the Moon
Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell walking on the Moon and studying a map during the Apollo 14 moon landings. The gravity on the Moon is around a sixth of that on earth

Mars, composite satellite images
Mars. Composite satellite images of the surface of Mars from multiple aspects. North is at top. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, and is a rocky desert world

Curiosity rover on Mars, artwork

Spacecraft on the Moon, lunar map
Spacecraft on the Moon. Map showing coloured markers for 34 spacecraft that impacted or landed on the Moon from the 1960s onwards

Brain surface, SEM
Brain surface. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of a brain ventricle. Ventricles are cavities within the brain that are continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord

Loch Ness monster, artwork
Loch Ness monster. Computer artwork of the Loch Ness Monster swimming on the surface of Loch Ness, Scotland. Sightings of the monster have occurred at least since the 15th century

Leaf pores, SEM
Leaf pores. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of stomata (holes) on the surface of a leaf. These structures perform a similar function to the pores in human skin

Solar prominence, ultraviolet SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) satellite image. The prominence (top right), is a dense cloud of plasma, or ionised gas

Pooley Bridge, Ullswater, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Typesetter at work
A compositor at a the Lund Humphries print works places a small type glyph on a forme rack, finishing a page of imposing surface text prior to inking and printing. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Waxing gibbous Moon, computer-enhanced image. The colour saturation of this image has been enhanced to accentuate the natural variation in colour of the Moons surface

Tower Circus / Blackpool
Two girls perform tricks while riding a white horse. A clown holds a hoop with a paper surface which one of them has just leapt through

Pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) flying low over water. Surrey, England, August

Tyne Bridge at sunset, spanning the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Lagoon Beach, Olu Deniz, near Fethiye, Aegean, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Lunar surface, artwork
Lunar surface. Computer artwork of a view across the surface of the Moon towards Earth in the distance. The Moon has no atmosphere to scatter sunlight

Madison River valley near Madison, Yellowstone National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Newport, Rhode Island, New England, United States of America, North America

Piazza Matrice at dusk, Trapani, Favignana Island, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Gallbladder surface, SEM
Gallbladder. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of the gallbladder showing the numerous microvilli that cover the columnar epithelium

Curiosity rover on Mars, artwork

Koi carp. These fish are an ornamental domesticated variety of the common carp (Cyprinus carpo)

Green turtles mating. The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) is critically under threat of extinction and is a protected species. Photographed off Sipadan, Sabah, Malaysia

Humber Bridge, Humberside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Lake of Lugano, Lugano, Canton Tessin, Switzerland, Europe

Nyhavn, Copenhagen, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Andy Warhol Bridge (7th Street Bridge) over the Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, North America

London Bridge in the late evening, Havasu, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Washington State, United States of America, North America

Schiaparellis two hemispheres of the planet Mars
The two hemispheres of the planet Mars as drawn by the Italian astronomer and historian of science, Giovanni Schiaparelli

Levant Mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. 1896
View of the Stamps engine house and a launder supplying water to a waterwheel. Photographer: Unknown

Clapper bridge at Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Snake River at the Schwabacher Landing, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Waterfront at night, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Piazza Matrice at dusk, Trapani, Favignana Island, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Colliding galaxies, artwork
Colliding galaxies. Computer artwork of colliding galaxies seen from an alien planet. Collisions between galaxies are fairly common

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"Exploring the Surface: From Earthrise to Mars" Captured in a single frame, the iconic Earthrise photograph reminds us of our humble existence on the surface of this vast planet. In Arisaig, Highlands, Scotland, nature's artwork unfolds as rugged mountains meet serene coastlines, showcasing the beauty that lies on the surface. Witnessing Northern gannets gracefully diving for fish in a split-level shot off Shetland's shores reveals the wonders beneath and above the water's surface. A map of Antarctica overlaid with illustrations brings to life its diverse inhabitants - from sea gulls soaring high to penguins waddling across icy surfaces. Stripped bare like an artist's canvas, a nude man embraces his vulnerability while exploring his connection with both himself and the world around him. Like an explorer venturing into uncharted territory, an Apollo 17 astronaut gazes upon our celestial neighbor from space – a mesmerizing view of another planetary surface. Astronaut footprints etched onto lunar soil serve as timeless reminders of humanity's first steps taken on a celestial body beyond Earth’s familiar terrain. Transported back to 1896 at Levant Mine in Cornwall, we witness miners descending deep below ground – their courage shaping history beneath Earth’s fragile crust. As dawn breaks over Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Canada, a canoe glides effortlessly across its mirrored surface – embracing tranquility amidst breathtaking scenery. The Jacobite steam train winds through Lochaber’s enchanting landscapes aboard Fort William to Mallaig railway - revealing hidden gems along Scotland’s picturesque surface. Curiosity rover roams tirelessly across Martian plains; its mission uncovers secrets buried within red dust while reminding us of humanity's thirst for exploration beyond our own planet. A glimpse into Mars' mysterious terrain captured by Spirit rover's lens.