First Photo From Space (2006)airspacemag.com 7 pointschl11 years ago2 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−vrnayini11ydoes anyone have information about how we "saw"/imagined earth before images were taken from space?−jespersaron11yI think there was not a giant leap in perception - high-altitude balloons were quite common during 1930's and the curvature, clouds etc look the same at 20km and 100km from the qualitative point of view.
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does anyone have information about how we "saw"/imagined earth before images were taken from space?
I think there was not a giant leap in perception - high-altitude balloons were quite common during 1930's and the curvature, clouds etc look the same at 20km and 100km from the qualitative point of view.