Crowds enjoying the outdoors at the beach in Seabreeze, Daytona in 1904 @facethenation
One of the first pictures ever taken of the Sun. Leon Foucault and Louis Fizeau, April 2, 1845.
More than 170 years ago, their seemingly simple black and white photo was remarkable for depicting our sun not as an overwhelming, ungraspable celestial body, but as another star in the sky. Visible on its surface are sunspots - areas of intense magnetic activity that are also impossible to see with the naked eye.
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More than 170 years ago, their seemingly simple black and white photo was remarkable for depicting our sun not as an overwhelming, ungraspable celestial body, but as another star in the sky. Visible on its surface are sunspots - areas of intense magnetic activity that are also impossible to see with the naked eye.
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Sunlight streams through the windows in the concourse at Grand Central Terminal in New York City in 1954 @facethenation
A U.S. Marine demolition team blasting a Japanese cave during the Battle of Iwo Jima on April 2, 1945 @facethenation
Hello there! 👋 A steel worker balances on a girder during the construction of the Empire State Building in New York, 1931 😱 @facethenation
Tomb of Emir Arghun Agha’s daughter in Salmas, Iran, 1880 @facethenation
🚀 On April 4, 1968, an unmanned rocket blasted off from Florida. Apollo 6 was the last unmanned test flight in the Apollo Space Program @facethenation
Apollo 6 - Launched this day 50 Years ago... Explore a collection of Apollo photos http://telegra.ph/Apollo-6-Last-of-the-unmanned-launches-04-04
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Apollo 6. Last of the unmanned launches 🚀
Launched on April 4, 1968, Apollo 6 was the last unmanned test flight in the Apollo Space Program. The mission lasted for about 10 hours and despite the malfunctions, it proved to NASA that a manned spaceflight is a possibility.
On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic Games opened in Greece with athletes from 14 countries participating @facethenation