First photo ever taken

[hermetic]

Every two minutes, we take as many photos as all of humanity took during the 1800s.
On the left is the first photograph ever taken (1826), View from the Window at Le Gras by French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. On the right is a cat who accidentally took a picture of itself (2013). It’s estimated that in 2014, humans will take 880 billion photos (not including cats). In fact, 10% of all the photos ever taken were taken in the past 12 months.

Just an interesting little tidbit I found here that I thought you all might find interesting.:
http://distractify.com/geek/trivial-facts/12-astonishing-facts-that-will-warp-your-perception-of-timeforever/

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[NV Whino]

1. Fascinating

The kitty takes a pretty good photo.

[Curmudgeoness]

2. Kitty selfie....LOL.

I don't doubt the statistics for a minute. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that cats are taking more pictures this year than were taken in total in the 1800's. I might be surprised if it were dogs though.

I do lament the loss of printed photos though. I have more useable photos than I did when I used film cameras, but I doubt that anyone will see them in a hundred years from now....unless I start to get some of them printed. Hmmmm.

[alfredo]

3. Al Lewis photobombed it.