A truly historic image, the first high quality colour photograph of the full Earth taken by the Multicolour Spin-Scan Camera onboard geostationary satellite ATS 3 ATS 3, 10 November 1967Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based paper, 25.5 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), with NASA HQ caption numbered 67-H-1552 printed on the versoFootnotes:ATS III was a geostationary weather andmunications satellite with a long standing and excellent performance record. It not only took and transmitted to Earth the first colour images of the Earth but also served as an importantmunications link in the Pacific region, including during rescue operations, such as that of the Mexico City earthquake in 1987. TV transmissions of moon landings were also supported by ATS III.Sylvanian Electronic Systems were one of NASA's contractors for ATS 3.The Whole Earth at last. The first good-quality picture of the whole Earth, taken in colour from 22,300 miles up by the ATS-III satellite, November 1967. Parts of the Americas, Africa and Europe are all visible (Poole, Earthrise. How Man First Saw the Earth, 2008, p.17)