Images Dated 10th September 2016

La Sagrada Familia church, basilica interior with stained glass windows by Antoni Gaudi

La Sagrada Familia church, basilica interior with stained glass windows by Antoni Gaudi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barcelona, Catalonia (Catalunya), Spain, Europe

© Neale Clark

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Scenes from a Parisian Beauty Parlour

"One must suffer in order to be beautiful." This page from "The Sphere" depicts the latest treatments being employed in Parisian beauty parlours, including a special mask which claims to do away with double chins! This particular salon is owned by the Italian operatic actress and cinema star Lina Cavalieri.
1927

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Atlas Moth, Attacus Atlas, Saturniidae, Lepidoptera - Macro of wings

Atlas moth is a very large moth and often considered the largest moth in the world. They are found in tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia. In India some cultivate these moth for their silk. The brown wool-like silk known as fagara are thought to be more durable than that produced by the Silkworm moth. Atlas moth cocoons have been used as purses in Taiwan. These moth have no mouths and don't eat once they emerge from their cocoons. they rely on the fat stored from their immature stages of life. They live only live a few days. This is an extreme close-up of a living Atlas moth's wings, the dorsal surfaces. Photographed indoors in a butterfly garden in Florida, USA

© AZen Rial 2016