Biggest Collection (#7)

Rome / Diocletian Baths
DIOCLETIAN BATHS on mount Viminale. The thermal baths were built between 298 and 306 AD. They were the biggest of Rome and could greet 3000 people at the same time. Date: 4th century AD

View of graveyard and church with Norman round-tower, largest Norman round-tower in country, St. Marys Church, Wortham, Suffolk, England, october

Close-up of flint walls of Norman round-tower, largest Norman round-tower in country, St. Marys Church, Wortham, Suffolk, England, october

View of church with Norman round-tower, largest Norman round-tower in country, St. Marys Church, Wortham, Suffolk, England, october

Largest plain waterfall in Europe, Rhine Falls (Rheinfall), Upper Rhine, Schaffhausen, Northern Switzerland, june

Tourist boat and visitors at largest plain waterfall in Europe, Rhine Falls (Rheinfall), Upper Rhine, Schaffhausen, Northern Switzerland, june

Tyrannosaurus Rex, Sue, recontruction of largest T. Rex fossil skeleton ever found, Alaska Museum, U. S. A
Tyrannosaurus Rex, Sue, recontruction of largest T. Rex fossil skeleton ever found, Alaska Museum, U.S.A

View of hexagonal crystallization fissures on salt pan, largest salt pan in world, Salar de Uyuni, Altiplano, Andes, Bolivia

Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) spadix and opening spathe, largest unbranched inflorescence in world, Botanical Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Emperor penguins and chicks
Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) with their three-month-old chicks (grey). The adults feed them by regurgitating fish. These are the only penguins to breed during the Antarctic winter

Emperor penguin rookery
Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) rookery on sea ice. The grey-feathered chicks are three months old. The adults feed them by regurgitating fish

Emperor penguin chicks huddling
Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks huddling for warmth in the Antarctic spring. These grey-feathered chicks are about one month old. The adults feed them by regurgitating fish

Emperor penguins with chick
Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) pair with their three-month-old chick. The adults feed the chicks by regurgitating fish

Emperor penguins huddling
Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) males huddling for warmth. This picture was taken in April when the temperature was -50 degrees Celsius

Emperor penguins incubating eggs
Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) males incubating eggs. This picture was taken in August. These are the only penguins to breed in the Antarctic during the winter

Emperor penguins sheltering chicks
Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) sheltering three-week-old chicks. The males shelter the chicks against the cold by holding them on their feet and covering them with a fold of skin

Barcelona International Convention Centre. Detail of the outside wall of the Barcelona International Convention Centre, Forum 2004 Esplanade, Barcelona, Spain

Asteroids Ceres and Vesta, scale artwork
Asteroids Ceres and Vesta, computer scale artwork. The asteroids (Ceres is the larger one) are seen against the south-eastern USA for scale. Florida is between them

Asteroid Ceres, artwork
Asteroid Ceres, computer artwork. This is the largest member of the asteroid belt, a large group of rocky and icy bodies orbiting in space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

Four largest asteroids, scale artwork
Four largest asteroids, computer scale artwork. The asteroids are seen against North America for scale. From left, from largest to smallest, they are: Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea

Liopleurodon. Artwork of a Liopleurodon swimming. This extinct genus of marine reptile lived around 160-155 million years ago. It belongs to the group of animals known as short-necked plesiosaurs

Megalodon prehistoric shark with elephant, artwork. Megalodon, Carcharocles (Carcharodon) megalodon, lived between around 20 and 1.2 million years ago, and is known from fossils

Pulpi geode, Spain
MODEL RELEASED. Pulpi geode, Almeria, Spain. Geologist inside the Pulpi geode, the largest geode ever discovered. Geodes are rocks that are hollow in the centre

1818 Rafflesia discovery largest flower
Rafflesia arnoldi. Hand tinted copperplate engraving from " Bilderbuch fur Kinder" BD XI, No 14, plate CLXXIII. c1820

Paraceratherium, artwork
Paraceratherium. Artwork of a female Paraceratherium and her young in what is now northwest China, 30 million years ago during the Rupelian Stage of the Oligocene Epoch

Elephant Bird, Aepyornis egg
MODEL RELEASED. Elephant bird egg (Aepyornis maximus) with hens egg for comparison. The egg volume is about 160 times greater and holds around 7 to 10 litres

Elephant Bird and humming bird egg
Elephant bird egg (Aepyornis maximus) 30cm compared to a Calliope hummingbird egg (Stellula calliope) 12mm. The Aepyornis egg volume holds around 7 to 10 litres, the hummingbirds a few millilitres

African elephant eye and skin
Elephant eye and skin. Close up of the eye of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana). The long eyelashes are to protect the eyes from dust and insects

Earth, Pluto and the Moon, artwork
Asteroid Ceres and Earth. Computer artwork showing the comparative sizes of the Earth (left), Ceres (middle) and the Moon (right)

African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana). These elephants are the worlds largest land animal, weighing up to 10, 000 kilograms and measuring 3.5 metres in height

Airbus A380. This is the largest passenger airliner. It measures 73 metres in length and can hold 555 passengers on two decks. The A380 is built from advanced lightweight materials

Giant manta rays (Manta birostris) feeding on plankton at the seas surface. Photographed in the Red Sea, Sudan

Whale shark. The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is found in tropical seas, and is the worlds largest fish, reaching an average length of 8 metres

Giant Sequoia General Sherman
Giant Sequoia. Wide-angle view along the trunk of General Sherman, officially the largest Giant Sequoia tree. The Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is the largest living thing in the World

Base of Giant Sequoia General Sherman

LHC tunnel, CERN
LHC tunnel, composite image. Safety supervisor riding a bicycle along the LHC (large hadron collider) tunnel at CERN (the European particle physics laboratory) near Geneva, Switzerland

Electric Shock Machine, on Derby Day, 1860
Engraving, originally entitled Two Shocks a Penny, showing an electric shock machine which was part of the entertainments at Epsom Racecourse, on Derby Day 1860

Roadside Refreshments on the way to the Derby, 1860
Engraving showing a man selling alcoholic refreshment beside the London to Epsom road on Derby Day in 1860. The Derby is one of Britains biggest horse-racing events

French Army retreating from Carignan; Franco-Prussian War, 1
Engraving showing the French Army being driven out of Carignan by the Prussians on 30th August 1870. This action preceded the Battle of Sedan

The Civil War in America: destruction of the Confederate flo
Union ships under the command of Flag Officer David Farragut moving up the Missippi river to take New Orleans, the biggest Confederate port

The Evacuation of Children from London
The evacuation of Britains cities at the start of World War Two was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in Britains history

Canberra: tourist class playroom
Colour illustration depicting the tourist class playroom for young travellers on board P&Os superliner Canberra around the time of her maiden voyage to Sydney, Australia in 1961

Coup: Street Fighting
Street fighting at the Porte Saint-Denis, Paris, where the Republicans construct one of their biggest barricades : but they succumb to the military

First attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock
Engraving from the front cover of the ILN, showing the first attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock at North Woolwich, built by Messrs. Campbell, Johnson and Co. of Silvertown

Syrians Go to Hormuz
Aleppo (Syrian) merchants travel to the twice-a-year market at Ormuz (Persian Gulf), the biggest trading place with the Orient

Whale Shark (Rhinicodon Typus). Seychelles, Indian Ocean
Alan James Photography / SplashdownDirect

Young Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) in deep water off Lanai, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

African elephant (Loxodonta africana). These elephants are the worlds largest land animal, weighing up to 10, 000 kilograms and measuring 3.5 metres in height

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