National Geographic, 125 de ani de existenţă. Aniversarea zilei

National Geographic Society aniversează astăzi o sută douăzeci şi cinci de ani de existenţă.

Am ales pentru această postare fotografii, premiere istorice pentru National Geographic.

Palatul lui Dalai Lama, Tibet, 1905


This photo of the Dalai Lama’s palace was part of the first stand-alone photographic series in the Geographic. The 11-image tour of Lhasa, Tibet, was published in 1905. PHOTOGRAPH BY TSYBIKOFF, BURIAT, AND NORZUNOFF, KALMUCK

În iulie 1906, National Geographic publică primele fotografii cu animale sălbatice, realizate de GEORGE SHIRAS.


In July 1906 National Geographic published wildlife photographs for the first time. George Shiras’ images of deer, birds, and other animals were the start of a long tradition at the magazine. PHOTOGRAPH BY GEORGE SHIRAS

Expediţia la Polul Nord condusă de Robert Peary în anul 1909


Robert Peary’s 1909 Arctic expedition likely came within ten miles of the North Pole—closer than any explorers before them. PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT E. PEARY

Fotografie a ruinelor străvechiului oraş incaş Machu Picchu realizată de HIRAM BINGHAM


From 1912 to 1915 National Geographic supported Hiram Bingham’s expeditions to excavate Machu Picchu. His photos were among the first ever published of the ancient Inca city. PHOTOGRAPH BY HIRAM BINGHAM

Această imagine a unei grădini cu flori din Gent, Belgia, apărută în anul 1914, este prima fotografie color a publicaţiei National Geographic. Fotograf: PAUL G. GUILLUMETTE


This image of a flower garden in Ghent, Belgium, published in 1914, was the magazine’s first natural (not hand-tinted) color photograph. PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL G. GUILLUMETTE

Primele fotografii color subacvatice au fost realizate în anul 1926 de William Longley şi Charles Martin.


Equipped with cameras encased in waterproof housing and pounds of highly explosive magnesium flash powder for underwater illumination, William Longley and National Geographic photographer Charles Martin made the first underwater color photographs. Their 1926 reef scenes included this hogfish. PHOTOGRAPH BY W.H. LONGLEY AND CHARLES MARTIN

Statuia Libertăţii, 1930. Prima fotografie color aeriană. Fotograf: Melville Bell Grosvenor


National Geographic assistant editor Melville Bell Grosvenor made the first aerial color photograph in 1930. He used the Finlay process, then the newest way to take color photographs. PHOTOGRAPH BY MELVILLE B. GROSVENOR, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

În anul 1935, ofiţerii americani Albert Stevens şi Orvil A. Anderson au realizat un record de altitudine cu balonul zburând la 22.065 km înălţime, record neegalat până în anul 1956.


In 1935 the aeronauts aboard the National Geographic-Army Air Corps Explorer II balloon set a new altitude record for manned flight: 72,395 feet. From that altitude Albert Stevens took the first photograph showing the curve of the Earth and the first color photographs taken from the stratosphere. PHOTOGRAPH BY RICHARD HEWITT STEWART, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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