This Picture of Boston, Circa 1860, Is the World’s Oldest Surviving Aerial Photo
smithsonian.com The first flight of an untethered hot air balloon-humanity’s first really successful attempt at flight- took place in 1783 when “Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d’Arlandes” flew over Paris. The first real photograph was taken in 1826 when Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took a picture out of his window.
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