13 Amazing Things Caught on Camera for the First Time

The first aerial photo of Everest

The first aerial photograph of Mt. Everest’s summit was taken in April 1933 during another first: the first airplane flight over Mt. Everest.

Many believe this photograph is dated April 3, 1933, but a nephew of the photographer and pilot of the plane from which the photograph was taken, writing for National Geographic, notes that the photos from April 3 didn’t come out. On April 16, 1933, they made another attempt and successfully returned with photos.