Collection: Osher Map Library Collection
Name: The first photograph ever made showing the division between the troposphere and the stratosphere and also the actual curvature of the earth
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Notes: Photograph taken from the balloon, Explorer II, part of the Stratosphere Flight sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the U.S. Army Air Corps, on November 11, 1935. The balloonists were Captain Albert W. Stevens and Captain Orvil A. Anderson. Photograph is marked with named drainage and famous sites on the horizon. Photo taken from a point 35 miles south of Murdo, South Dakota, facing west. "Photographed from an elevation of 72,395 feet, the highest point ever reached by man"--Subtitle
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Physical Description: 1 black & white photograph ; 43 x 61 cm
LC Call Number: G4180 .N21 1935
OCLC: 6842435
Accession Number: OML-1936-140
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