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LL/69006
Leon Foucault and Louis Fizeau
1845, 2 April
The Sun

Daguerreotype
4.7 ins (diameter)
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
This is thought to be the first successful photograph taken of the sun. Taken with a 1/60th of a second exposure.
 
LL/69006


 

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