V2 Rocket
Earth from the Thermosphere, made by a camera attached to a V2 Rocket over White Sands Missile Range
1946
Image: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, Sheet: 8 x 10 inches
Gelatin silver print on matte fiber paper
Purchased on funds given by the Margaret T. Morris Foundation and by Richard and Ronay Menschel, with special assistance by Daniel Blau.
2020.83
Inscriptions/Markings
Verso: inscribed, in pencil: The Earth taken by a camera attached to a V2 rocket; stamped, in black ink: September 1, 1953.
Summary
Curve of surface of Earth as seen from space.
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