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2023-11-14 02:36:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BA71E235C7CD794FE6F5C39D241F33800F5B60CBE8F4C0D2094E1FD76263F9B9
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The ancient Greeks already knew the Earth is a globe. https://www.loc.gov/collections/finding-our-place-in-the-cosmos-with-carl-sagan/articles-and-essays/modeling-the-cosmos/ancient-greek-astronomy-and-cosmology#:~:text=By%20the%205th%20century%20B.C.,was%20simply%20not%20the%20case. Maps and globes have existed long before humans were able to see the Earth from above. https://www.loc.gov/collections/discovery-and-exploration/articles-and-essays/recognizing-and-naming-america/ NASA's Department of Defense Gravity Experiment (DODGE) satellite returned the first color image of the full Earth in August 1967 https://www.nasa.gov/history/90-years-of-our-changing-views-of-earth/
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