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vik11_v_bw_o_n (1955, unnumbered press photo)

“Composite photo showing 600,000 square miles of the earth’s surface. Photographs were made by camera in Viking 11 rocket from record-breaking altitude of 158 miles. The dark triangular area, upper left…[cropped/unavailable]”

Per another caption associated with the image, with my attempt at paraphrasing/deciphering the text:

“On May 24th, 1954, a Navy Viking Rocket fired at the White Sands Proving Ground, made a record-breaking climb to 153 miles and as a part of its mission, photographed with a camera mounted on the missile, some 600,000 square miles of the earth's surface…a segment of the earth, plainly showing the curvature, was photographed near the end of the rocket's trip aloft. The left section of the picture was photographed at 155 miles and the right at 138 miles. Distance from the camera to the horizon was 1,100 miles. The camera was looking on the horizon in the center of the photo. The Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean is on the right. A well-defined cold front extends from the lower left corner and runs parallel to the curvature of the earth.”

‘Generously’ made available by these ‘fine’ folks, at:

www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/on-may-24th-a-navy-...

Taken on: October 20, 2022

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NRL

Naval Research Laboratory

Viking no. 11

Viking rocket

Martin Viking

WSMR

White Sands Missile Range

sounding rocket

Viking sounding rocket

space history

glossy photo

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Sets appears in: • Breaking The Bonds & Firsts • Miscellaneous Photos & Prints

Groups appears in: • B&W • Space The Final Frontier more » • Missiles & Rockets « less

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