Photos of our planet from orbit are cool, but the farther you get from Earth, the more incredible they become.
A view of Earth as observed during a sub-orbital flight of a V-2 rocket in 1946.Hard to believe, but this photo of Earth, captured on October 24, 1946, was taken 11 years before the Soviet Union launched Sputnik to low Earth orbit. Our first view of Earth as seen from space, sadly, was taken by a camera mounted to a modified V-2 rocket .
V-2 No. 13 rocket flew to a maximum height of 65 miles , from where it took a photo five times higher than the previous record.
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