# @optica.worldwide on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Db_a9SloCaC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69091477-opticaworldwide-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-13T18:50:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Optica (@optica.worldwide) — https://gondola.cc/optica.worldwide

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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.

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