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Using Samuel Archer King's hot air balloon to get the shot.

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Once the tallest building in its neighborhood, now the shortest, looks like.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

You mean ruined

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

We can easily take images like this for granted today, but for its time, a photograph like this was an incredible achievement. Both photography itself as well as air travel have progressed a lot over the 160+ years since this photo was taken. It really puts a lot into perspective how much technology (and the world itself) has changed in so much time.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

This is beautiful! Thank you for sharing it, OP. Have a great day.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

And thank you for being all positive on Lemmy!

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Yes, but it was taken by a mermaid.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Why do you think a font got named after her?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

is this the entry scene of Against The Day?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

The public most certainly had their minds blown when this came out.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

NGL I thought this was the reflection in the Warner Brothers logo when they play their animation thing before a movie

this post was submitted on 30 May 2025
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