The first photo to show the sun and the curvature of the Earth, taken from about 300 miles above the Earth during an Air Force Thor missile flight from Cape Canaveral; with the first photograph to the Earth and its cloud cover obtained by a satellite (paddlewheel satellite Explorer 6)24 July 1959/14 Augt 1959One vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 18 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in), a press photograph with a date stamp on verso (7 Aug 1959), with another vintage gelatin silver Wirepress print on fibre-based paper, 25.3 x 20.6 (10 x 8 in), with Wirepress stamp, date stamps (28 and 29 September 1959) and publisher's notes on verso