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The first photograph ever made showing the division between the troposphere and the stratosphere and also the actual curvature of the earth : photographed from an elevation of 72,395 feet, the highest point ever reached by man / photograph by Captain Albert W. Stevens

Corporate Author
National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Published
[Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic Society, 1936.
Physical Description
1 map ; 36 x 59 cm, on sheet 43 x 61 cm, folded to 20 x 15 cm
Additional Creators
Stevens, A. W. (Albert William), 1886-1949 and United States. Army. Air Corps

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English.
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Scale not given (W 104°03ʹ00ʺ--W 96°26ʹ00ʺ/N 45°56ʹ00ʺ--N 42°28ʹ00ʺ).
Note
Photograph taken from balloon Explorer II by Captain Albert W. Stevens, during the U.S. Army Air Corps Stratosphere Flight sponsored by the National Geographic Society on November 11, 1935.
Photograph is marked with an overlay of named rivers, mountains, and places. The Badlands, Black Hills, and Big Horn Mountains are identified, so are sites like Rapid City, Fort Meade, Mt. Coolidge, and Bear Butte. Photo taken from a point 35 miles south of Murdo, South Dakota, facing west.
"Copyright Supplement to the National Geographic Magazine, May 1936."
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