PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 10 months agoFort Douaumont, before and after the Battle of Verdun, WW1, 1915-1916media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down11
arrow-up1208arrow-down1imageFort Douaumont, before and after the Battle of Verdun, WW1, 1915-1916media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-210 months agoI didn’t realize USA had such good surveillance satellites up in the 1900s
minus-squarepageflight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·10 months agoActually a lot of Google “satellite” imagery is from planes, as I assume this is.
minus-squarepythonooblinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 months agoOr a balloon, which they used in ww1 for observation
minus-squarepageflight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoSome fascinating history, thanks for the note!
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoThey called them ‘birds’ back then
I didn’t realize USA had such good surveillance satellites up in the 1900s
Actually a lot of Google “satellite” imagery is from planes, as I assume this is.
Or a balloon, which they used in ww1 for observation
Some fascinating history, thanks for the note!
They called them ‘birds’ back then