LBNL Image Library -- Collection BERKELEY-LAB

Glenn T. Seaborg and astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh

Glenn T. Seaborg and astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh Glenn T. Seaborg and astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto, at a press conference at the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico (with caption). This was the occasion of a colloquium Seaborg gave about the 50-year history of discovery of the transuranium elements. Seaborg (age 79) and Tombaugh (age 85) spent time reminiscing with the news media about their discoveries. Seaborg is wearing his "Periodic Table" necktie and Tombaugh is wearing his "Walt Disney's Pluto" wristwatch. Courtesy of the Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photo by Randy Montoya.


HOMEPAGE MASTER COLLECTION PARENT COLLECTION