Video : First photograph of Earth from orbit
07-Aug-1959
United States of America
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The first image taken by Explorer 6 shows a sunlit area of the Central Pacific Ocean and its cloud cover. The photo was taken when the satellite was about 27,000 km (17,000 mi) above the surface of the Earth on 14 August 1959. At the time, the satellite was crossing Mexico.
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| Artist: NASA, Explorer VI satellite | Credit: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2002-000200.html
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