When the scientist gets high

Agate presents its current favorite.
Within our collections, numerous illustrations or photographs deserve to be exhibited for their aesthetic quality or originality. Today, we are climbing the Tré-la-tête glacier.

This photograph was taken in 1930 over a tongue of the Tré-la-Tête glacier. It reveals the mountaineering equipment used by forest and water agents working on glaciology. The bag holder takes the photograph, as photography has been a means of study and communication since the late 1880s.

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    Colchicum autumnale, the beautiful poisoner

    Agate presents its current favorite.
    Within our collections, numerous illustrations or photographs deserve to be exhibited for their aesthetic quality or originality. Today, Colchicum autumnale, the beautiful poisoner...

  • Exhibition of the Horticultural Society of London at Chiswick Gardens
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    Horticulture Celebrated at Chiswick Gardens

    Agate presents its current favorite.
    Within our collections, numerous illustrations or photographs deserve to be exhibited for their aesthetic quality or originality. Today, take a trip back to the 19th century in the gardens of Chiswick to visit the London Horticultural Society's exhibition.