PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 1 year agoFort Douaumont, before and after the Battle of Verdun, WW1, 1915-1916media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down11
arrow-up1190arrow-down1imageFort Douaumont, before and after the Battle of Verdun, WW1, 1915-1916media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 year agoI didn’t realize USA had such good surveillance satellites up in the 1900s
minus-squarepageflight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoActually a lot of Google “satellite” imagery is from planes, as I assume this is.
minus-squarepythonoob@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoOr a balloon, which they used in ww1 for observation
minus-squarepageflight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoSome fascinating history, thanks for the note!
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year 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