Telstar solar cells, c 1980s.

Spectators watching the tornado at Augsburg, Germany in July 1587.

Tornado track across Indiana and Kentucky, USA, 10 November 2005.

Tornadoes formed at sea, seen from Toulon, France, 28th February 1881.

Telstar 1 satellite, 1962.

Astronauts aboard Shuttle Discovery, 1985.

Cover to a work on meteorology and climatology, 1891.

The first transatlantic TV picture from space, 1962.

Waterspout, 1806.

'Big Blue Marble', 2 September 1994.