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Virginia Mills celebrates Stereoscopy Day by telling the story of Lady Mary Rosse, the photographer behind some extraordinary images in the Royal Society’s archives.

Historian of photography Rose Teanby marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing by looking back at some pioneering images of the Moon from the Victorian era.

Virginia Mills looks back at the invention of the stereoscope and the rival claims of two Royal Society Fellows, Charles Wheatstone and David Brewster.