This Photo was taken from space shuttle of NASA on 29th Nov, 1972. Then at that time in 1972 there was no ‘Google Earth’ or satellite map was available to all as of now.
A miracle of mother Earth:
Homer Youngs, an American scientist working for NASA was engaged in taking photographs of the earth from outer space. In 1972 his wife Laila accompanied Indra Devi and visited India to have a Darshan of Bhagawan Baba in Puttaparthi. Homer thought of photographing Puttaparthi through an orbiting space shuttle when his wife was there. He sought the help of his colleagues in NASA but none knew the precise longitude and latitude of Puttaparthi. Therefore, he proposed to cover the surrounding areas as well and accordingly took the snaps. As the pictures were taken from orbiting space shuttle from an altitude of 200 miles, buildings and cities were not visible. Clouds and seas appeared as small white dots, and mountains, hills and forests as black dots.
