Earth From 100 Miles Up-- Here's a view looking south made 100 miles above the White Sands, N.M., proving grounds by and automatic 16 mm gun turret motion picture camera mounted in a Navy Aerobee sounding rocket. The Navy today gave the rough locations for the various cities and areas indicated. Flat portion of the picture area is the horizon, the rounded shape is caused by the small gun porthole. Area above the horizon is the sky. Whitish streak at top right was caused, the Navy said, by a mechanical freak, and is not part of the photo. White Sands, located in White Sands, Mexico, not the White Sands, N.M., proving grounds

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Title:
Earth From 100 Miles Up-- Here's a view looking south made 100 miles above the White Sands, N.M., proving grounds by and automatic 16 mm gun turret motion picture camera mounted in a Navy Aerobee sounding rocket. The Navy today gave the rough locations for the various cities and areas indicated. Flat portion of the picture area is the horizon, the rounded shape is caused by the small gun porthole. Area above the horizon is the sky. Whitish streak at top right was caused, the Navy said, by a mechanical freak, and is not part of the photo. White Sands, located in White Sands, Mexico, not the White Sands, N.M., proving grounds
Description:
[Information from item housing] Earth
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. January 1955]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Earth
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 210 x 256 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/dj530f446
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001152_0005
Barcode:
39999088103708