2017-01-02 Mon

The process of photography called ‘Daguerreotype’ was first invented in 1839 by Louis Daguerre. Since then it was continued and upgraded with many new technologies. Today worldwide we see people clicking selfies and pictures now and then. Photography has become the means of visual communication and expression!

Snapping a picture of the moon is so common these days by a cell phone camera. However, in the mid-1800's a photo of the moon had never been taken.

But do you know that the first ever photograph was taken of the moon on 2nd January 1839 by Louis Daguerre? This Moon photo is believed to be the very first astronomy photograph in history.

This invention made the life of the researchers very easy. Because before they used to draw the diagrams and observation on the paper which sometimes had imperfections and errors but this invention was a boon as it could accurately transfer the images to paper.

To commemorate this great Scientist, Grenada issued a stamp of $1 stamp of Louis Daguerre with his portrait on left.

So all the selfie lovers should be glad to Mr.Louis for inventing this! Enjoy collecting and keep clicking pictures.