COLLECTION NAME:
Earth Day Image Gallery
Record
Title:
TIROS' First Look
Creator:
NASA
Description:
The first photo of Earth from a weather satellite, taken by the TIROS-1 satellite on April 1, 1960. Early photographs provided new information on cloud systems, including spiral formations associated with large storms, immediately proving their value to meteorologists.
Date:
4/2/09
Identifier:
324271main_tiros_full
MediaType:
Image
Year:
2009
What:
Earth
What:
TIROS 1
