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The Camera Obscura is a 18th century device used by artist to ake quick sketches in a field. "Camera Obscura" means "dark room" and the camera was made in a box shape with a pinhole which would reflect the image onto a wall upside down, the artists would then sketch the image.
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The Daguerreotype process becomes more popular, leading to pictures such as this one, taken around 1850
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In 1847 early pioneer Thomas Easterly makes a daguerreotype of a bolt of lightning- the first picture to capture this natural element.
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James Clerk Maxwell creates the first colour image by combining three black and white images that are passed through three filters; red, green and blue. His photo of the multicoloured ribbon was the first to show the efficacy of the "three-colour method"
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Taken by an unknown photographer, this image is thought ot be the oldest exisiting photo of a tornado
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Nationsl Geographic national publishes it frst stand alone photograhic series in 1905. The piece, a photographic tour of Lhasa Tibet, runs in January 1905 issue and files 11 pages. Magazine editor Gilbert H. Grosvenor thought he would be fired by victorial but unexpectadly he was congratulated.
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The dome room in New Mexico's Carlsbad Cavern marked the first underground color photograph ever shot.
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Ichthyologist William Longley and photographer Charles Martin use an autochrome camera and a raft full of explosive magnesium flah powder to illiuminate the shadows of Flordia's Dry Tortugas and make the first underwater colour photograph.
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Dr. Harold Edgerton works with nationla geographic to perfect high-speed stroboscopic photography , freezing on film the rapid movements of nature that elude the eye.
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Taken by Lunar Orbiter the image reveals the first view of Earth from the moon. Shot from a distance of about 236,000 miles.
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Steven Sasson finsihes work on the worlds first digital camera. The camera is the size of a toaster using a new electronic sensor called a charge coupled device, or CCD
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Photographer Emroy Kristof accompanies ocean photographer Robert Ballard on a mission to discover the wreckage of the titanic. National Geographic publishes a major package on the discovery in its december 1985 issue.
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In February 1990, Adobe Systems releases its firat photo editing software package, Photoshop 1.0
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Japanese electronics firm sharp introduces its J-Sh04, or J-phone, the first mobile phone to feature an integrated image sensor for taking digital photos.
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In October 2010, Co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Streiger launched instagram. It is an online photo sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures, apply digital filters to them and share them with everyone.
