Rarely Seen Historical Photos Of Germany That Will Leave You Speechless!

The Horse in Motion - Eadweard Muybridge (1878)

When a horse is trotting or galloping, does it come off completely from the ground? Photographer Edward Maybridge and railroad tycoon and former California governor Leland Stanford sought an answer to this question in 1878.

Stanford was convinced of a positive answer. This one of the rarest photos in history was taken to prove Stanford's idea. Maybridge came up with a way to take photographs with an exposure lasting a split second. He invited journalists as witnesses and placed 12 cameras along the racetrack at Stanford's estate.

When the horse ran past, it touched the wires connected to the cameras. As a result, they took 12 photos in succession.

Thus, the photographer managed to find out the truth about the horse's movement. Moreover, he also developed the first form of animation which was used in the film industry decades later.

View from the Window - Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1826 or 1827)

The “View from the window” is considered the first-ever photograph that has been persisted to our days. It was created by French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 (according to other sources – in 1827) on a plate covered with a layer of bitumen.

Niépce took one of the rarest photos in history with a pinhole camera by exposing it on a 16.2×20.2 cm platter of puter coated with Syrian asphalt.

Because of the low photosensitivity, the exposure lasted at least 8 hours in bright sunlight. This fact is proven with the lightning of opposite buildings' walls.

It is possible only with the daily movement of the Sun. According to more modern studies, the exposure of this could last several days.

A Man on the Moon - Neil Armstrong, NASA (1969)

The next historical picture was taken on July 20, 1969. In this photo, Buzz Aldrin is captured on the surface of the moon.

Looking at this iconic photo, everyone understands how important for the whole of mankind the moment of space exploration, flight to the moon, and a man's step on another planet were.

In this image, we see not only Aldrin standing in one of the millions of craters, but Armstrong was also reflected in the glass of the helmet. This double portrait is published more often than any other photograph from all Apollo missions.