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How Artists Once Imagined the Earth Would Look from Space
Ever since the invention of the telescope, people knew what the planets of the solar system looked like. By the turn of the 20th century, we even had excellent photos of many of them. But before the first satellites---or even the first high-altitude photos from V2 rockets and stratosphere balloons---no one had any idea what our planet would look like when seen from space. Here's how artists imagined Earth would look from space.
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Those are some pretty decent renditions.
Yup, I'm surprised at how they even got the clouds right.