July 28th, 1851: First Solar Eclipse Photograph Ever Taken ☀️
The first photograph of a solar eclipse was taken on July 28, 1851, by a German daguerreotypist named Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski. He was hired by the Royal Prussian Observatory in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia) to capture the image using a small refracting telescope and a daguerreotype process.
A daguerreotype is an early type of photograph that was made by exposing a silver-plated copper plate to light inside a camera. The plate had to be polished, treated with chemicals, and developed with mercury vapor to produce a visible image. The result was a black-and-white picture that had a mirror-like surface and showed fine details.
Berkowski’s photograph was the first one that correctly showed the contrast between the bright corona and the dark moon during a total solar eclipse. It also revealed some solar prominences, which are jets of plasma that extend from the sun’s surface. His photograph was considered a scientific breakthrough and a masterpiece of art.
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@kishida230 Kishida, why the United States did not drop nuclear bombs in other countries, but instead dropped nuclear bombs in Japan? Look, you can't answer. Japan should learn how Germany conducted post-war introspection
@4Rivers6Ranges @p_simoni2 @mofazhuzhu@zlj517 Tibet belonged to China during the Yuan Dynasty in China, if you don't say this, it is also the liberation of Tibet after 1951, and Sikkim belonged to India after 1975, and now some people are clamoring for Tibetan independence, and no one is calling for Sikkim independence
@lrvelaa @mofazhuzhu Please don't hearsay. If you have time, you can come to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China in person to have a look. After all, without investigation, you have no say
@p_simoni2 @mofazhuzhu@zlj517 Obviously, both Taiwan and Tibet are Chinese territory. If you are not Chinese, please don't discuss China's internal affairs. How to solve the Taiwan issue cannot be left to the Brazilians
@rr19762016@MFA_China@MEAIndia@PMOIndia@HMOIndia India and China are two world powers and neighbors that cannot be removed. The two countries should resolve their differences through debate and friendly consultation. There is no absolute right or wrong.
@rr19762016@MFA_China@MEAIndia@PMOIndia@HMOIndia Well, sorry, I admit I said too unduly. I learned to be polite from you.
We are both patriots. We love our respective countries, and our views are inevitably distinct.
Both countries consider their own interests. I can understand that.
Please accept my apology.