artefact.

<n>Afghan Girl</n>, a 1984 portrait of <n>Sharbat Gula</n> by photographer <n>Steve McCurry</n>.

Plate from <n>Sir Robert Stawell Ball</n>'s book, based on 1878 eclipse photos by <n>William Harkness</n>.

<n>Besakih Temple</n> on Bali's Mount Agung, from <n>John Gaisord</n>'s book <n>Atlas of Man</n> (1978).

Onlookers at the 2021 <n>Fagradalsfjall volcano</n> eruption in Iceland. Photo by <n>Brian Emfinger</n>.

A photograph from <n>Romaine Slocombe</n>'s 2004 series, <n>Tokyo Blue</n>.

The <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n> in Egypt, photographed between 1900 and 1920.

An aerial view of <n>Stonehenge</n> in Wiltshire, England, covered in snow.

<n>Qa El Nagb</n>, 1961. Photo by <n>Benno Rothenberg</n>.

<n>Desert Breath</n> (1997), a land art installation by <n>D.A.ST. Arteam</n> in Egypt. Photo by <n>Danae Stratou</n>.

<n>Japanese Mirror Selfie</n>, a self-portrait of a couple in Japan, 1920.

The <n>Pyramids of Giza</n> during the <n>Nile River flood</n>, late 19th century. Photo by the <n>Zangaki brothers</n>.

A fruit market in Vietnam, 1959, from <n>Jean Duche</n>'s book <n>The great trade routes</n>.

The <n>Fyrkat</n> Viking ring castle in Denmark, c. 980 AD. Photo by <n>Ted Spiegel</n> for <n>National Geographic</n>, 1970.

A <n>von Kármán vortex street</n> forms behind a cylinder in this flow visualization by <n>Sugawara Laboratories Inc.</n>

From <n>Vieilles enseignes de Suisse</n> (1963). Courtesy of <n>Roth et Sother Lausanne</n>.

The partially excavated <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, c. 1870s. Photo by <n>Félix Bonfils</n>.

A photograph of the planet <n>Saturn</n>, taken from the observatory at <n>Soneva</n>.

A ship seemingly floats due to a <n>Fata Morgana</n> mirage. Artwork by <n>MindChirp</n>.

An image from <n>Singa</n>, a research and design atelier.

A photograph of a plaster model of the moon by <n>James Nasmyth</n> and <n>James Carpenter</n> from 1874.

<n>Monks from Mount Sichimen monastery</n> in Japan, 1961. Photo by <n>Burt Glinn</n> for <n>Magnum Photos</n>.

Photograph by <n>REYLIA</n> featuring model <n>Peng Chang</n>.

<n>The Astronaut</n> geoglyph, created by the <n>Nazca culture</n> in the Nazca Desert, Peru.

The <n>Lion of Judah Statue</n> in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by sculptor <n>Maurice Calka</n>.

<n>Maxime Du Camp</n>'s 1850 photograph of a colossal statue at the <n>Great Temple of Ramesses II</n> at <n>Abu Simbel</n>.

19th-century illustration from the <n>Peter & Dawn Cope Collection</n> / <n>Mary Evans Picture Library</n>.

Photo-relief etching <n>Clerical Calavera</n> (c. 1903) by Mexican artist <n>José Guadalupe Posada</n>.

<n>Dianthus caryophyllus (Grass Pink)</n>, c. 1928, by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

<n>Male and female skeleton talking</n> (ca. 1890–1910), an etching by <n>José Guadalupe Posada</n>.

<n>Remate de Calaveras: La catrina-</n> (ca. 1910) by artist <n>José Guadalupe Posada</n>.

"Susuke!!", a photograph of the cat <n>Sasuke</n> by <n>Masahisa Fukase</n>, created 1977-1979.

A detail of <n>Antoni Gaudí</n>'s <n>Casa Batlló</n>. Photo by <n>Harry Palmer</n>.