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Summary
Aerial images from Julius Neubronner's camera strapped to a homing pigeon, including one with wing tips visible on the edges
A homing pigeon was fitted with an aluminium breast harness to which a lightweight time-delayed miniature camera could be attached. Neubronner's German patent application was initially rejected, but was granted in December 1908 after he produced authenticated photographs taken by his pigeons. He publicized the technique at the 1909 Dresden International Photographic Exhibition, and sold some images as postcards at the Frankfurt International Aviation Exhibition and at the 1910 and 1911 Paris Air Shows.
Date
24/09/2009
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Copyright info
public domain
