Illustration - Noel in Paris

Illustration - Noel in Paris

FRANCE, PARIS, 75009 (9TH ARRONDISSEMENT), BOULEVARD HAUSSMAN. CHRISTMAS AT GALLERIES LAFAYETTE HAUSSMAN INTERIOR WITH GLASS CUPOLA AND ARCHES. DEPARTMENT STORE Photo by Francois Roux/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Noel in Paris

Illustration - Noel in Paris

FRANCE, PARIS, 75009 (9TH ARRONDISSEMENT), BOULEVARD HAUSSMAN. CHRISTMAS AT GALLERIES LAFAYETTE HAUSSMAN INTERIOR WITH GLASS CUPOLA AND ARCHES. DEPARTMENT STORE Photo by Francois Roux/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 14 : IN THE CENTER OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA, THE PAPAL ALTAR AND BALDACHIN, MADE IN 1624 BY BERNINI AND CONSIDERED THE LARGEST BRONZE STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD. CAST WITH THE METAL ORIGINALLY ADORNING THE PEDIMENT OF THE PANTHEON OF ROME, ITS HEIGHT IS 29 METERS. ABOVE, THE CUPOLA OF THE BASILICA BY MICHELANGELO IN 1547. WITH ITS DOUBLE CAP, THE INNER DIAMETER OF THE DOME MEASURES 42 METERS, ITS INNER HEIGHT IS 92 METERS AND ITS HEIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE CROSS IS 136 METERS. THIS DOME HAS SERVED AS A MODEL FOR OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE WORLD, SUCH AS THE DOME OF ST. PAUL IN LONDON (1675), THAT OF THE INVALIDES IN PARIS (1680-1691) AND THAT OF THE CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON (1794-1817). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

Latest Images From Space Station

Latest Images From Space Station

Handout photo dated July 15, 2023 shows from left, Expedition 69 Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg of NASA each contemplate their next move during an orbital game of chess inside the International Space Station's cupola. The orbital lab was soaring 259 miles above the Colombia-Venezuela border at the time of this photograph. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM