Before cameras and modern telescopes captured the night sky, early optical pioneers were already experimenting with ways to see further! 🔭✨ 100 years before Galileo and Hans Lippershey, did Leonardo da Vinci design a precursor to the telescope? In his 16th-century notebooks—such as the Codex Atlanticus—da Vinci wrote about "Make(ing) glasses to see the moon big" alongside sketches combining lenses. This #WorldPhotographyWeek, celebrate the art and science of imaging by taking a look back at the origins of optical experimentation and lens technology in Optics & Photonics News: Read more with the link in our bio.