1890
This is the first known photograph ever taken of a surfer. Surfing was banned in Hawai’i by missionaries in the 1700s for its “ungodliness,” but fortunately the Hawaiians didn’t pay much heed to that decree.
(via ladyfresh)
“Shot from his central South Dakota farm, the video (Wired link) features the Milky Way, which appears to our eyes as a fuzzy band but is actually an an edge-on view of dust lit by billions of stars. Summer is the prime season for North Americans to catch the Milky Way.”
— via Wired
