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“Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It” by James Wallace Black [1860] (first aerial photograph) (quokk.au)
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Using Samuel Archer King's hot air balloon to get the shot.

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[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 9 points 6 months ago

We can easily take images like this for granted today, but for its time, a photograph like this was an incredible achievement. Both photography itself as well as air travel have progressed a lot over the 160+ years since this photo was taken. It really puts a lot into perspective how much technology (and the world itself) has changed in so much time.