13 Amazing Things Caught on Camera for the First Time

First photo of Earth from the moon

On August 23, 1966, humans were given their first opportunity to see what Earth looks like from the moon. The photo was taken robotically, by Lunar Orbiter 1 from a distance of about 236,000 miles.

Fun fact: It wasn’t the first time Earth had been photographed from space; that happened in 1946 via a 35 mm camera strapped to a rocket that a group of scientists managed to launch 65 miles into space.