[:ja]No.68で、月探査船ルナ・オービター1号が月の周回軌道から初めて地球を撮影してから50周年の画像を紹介しましたが、今日10月24日は、70年前に人類が大気圏外から初めて地球を撮影した記念すべき画像です。

Credit: White Sands Missile Range / Applied Physics Laboratory
Credit: White Sands Missile Range / Applied Physics Laboratory

社会にインパクトを与えた地球画像というと、1968年にアポロ8号が撮影した、「史上最も影響力のあった環境写真」としても知られる「地球の出(Earthrise)」や、1972年にアポロ17号が撮影した「ザ・ブルー・マーブル」が有名ですが、世界初の地球画像は、1946年10月24日、米軍が、米ニューメキシコ州ホワイトサンズ・ミサイル実験場で、V-2ミサイルを打ち上げて撮りました。V-2弾道ミサイルはナチスが1944年のロンドン空襲で使用した報復兵器です。

この写真をもって、科学技術の用途は人間次第というありきたりな結論に至るより、ある事象が意図せず社会に多大な影響を与えることがあるセレンディピティの方に興味が行きます。

[Earthview Wonders] No.103: The Very First Earthview from Space

No.68 introduced 50th anniversary first earth-from-moon photo, and today, Oct. 24 marks the 70th anniversary photo of the mankind’s first Earth photo from space.

Credit: White Sands Missile Range / Applied Physics Laboratory
Credit: White Sands Missile Range / Applied Physics Laboratory

“The Earthrise” by Apollo 8 in 1968 known as the most influential environmental photograph ever taken, and “The Blue Marble” by Apollo 17 in 1972 are famous for giving a tremendous impact on the human society, but the very first earthview photo was taken by U.S. military, at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, with V-2, the Nazi ballistic missiles that rained destruction on London in 1944.

Rather than coming to an conclusion that the outcome of technology is by mankind per se, it is interesting to note any event has serendipity giving unintended yet tremendous impact on the society.

See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.103: The Very First Earthview from Space

No.68 introduced 50th anniversary first earth-from-moon photo, and today, Oct. 24 marks the 70th anniversary photo of the mankind’s first Earth photo from space.

Credit: White Sands Missile Range / Applied Physics Laboratory
Credit: White Sands Missile Range / Applied Physics Laboratory

“The Earthrise” by Apollo 8 in 1968 known as the most influential environmental photograph ever taken, and “The Blue Marble” by Apollo 17 in 1972 are famous for giving a tremendous impact on the human society, but the very first earthview photo was taken by U.S. military, at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, with V-2, the Nazi ballistic missiles that rained destruction on London in 1944.

Rather than coming to an conclusion that the outcome of technology is by mankind per se, it is interesting to note any event has serendipity giving unintended yet tremendous impact on the society.

See earthview photo gallery with web-globe: LiVEARTH[:]