This is the first photograph of Earth ever taken from space. It was captured from a rocket 105 km above the ground. 1946 (1440×1138)

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« Diana Bryant, 19, and her goddaughter Tiare Jones, 2, fall from a fire escape that collapsed as they left a burning building. Bryant died from the fall, her body cushioning the blow for Jones, who survived. July 22, 1975 (1166×1600)

The first cellphone picture. Philippe Kahn took this photo of his newborn daughter using a digital camera connected to his flip-top cell phone, synched by a few lines of code he’d written on his laptop in the hospital. 1997 (1600×1200) »

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Tote_Magote

they were using a German V2 rocket as well.

Either that goes to show how far behind the Americans were with rocket technology after the war or just how far ahead the Germans were. Probably both.
thethrone1974

So I guess the earth is flat?
plusbabs

This is very cool, never knew this picture existed.

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