- Bib ID:
- 4495994
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Stevens, A. W. (Albert William), 1886-1949
- Description:
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- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 1936
- 1 black & white photograph ; 43 x 61 cm.
- Series:
- Braga special map collection.
- Summary:
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Photograph taken from the balloon, Explorer II, part of the Stratosphere Flight sponsored by the National Geographic Society and the U.S. Army Air Corps, on November 11, 1935. The balloonists were Captain Albert W. Stevens and Captain Orvil A. Anderson. Photograph is marked with named drainage and famous sites on the horizon. Photo taken from a point 35 miles south of Murdo, South Dakota, facing west.
- Notes:
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- Photograph taken by Captain Albert W. Stevens, U.S. Army Air Corps Stratosphere Flight, November 11, 1935.
- Supplement to the National Geographic magazine, May, 1936.
- "Photographed from an elevation of 72,395 feet, the highest point ever reached by man"--Subtitle.
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1935
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