Help me locate this photo of atmospheric scientists in dorky helmets

January 7, 2008 6:23 AM

I'm trying to find a quality version of this poorly-scanned picture of two atmospheric scientists in zany helmets. My understanding is the photo was somewhere in a 2007 "Discover" magazine, but I can't find it online. At a minimum, a link to the Discover page would be nice, but if I can get a link to the original, that would be superb! BTW: the caption reads "Atmospheric scientists in the 1930s, when their kind proudly donned white lab coats and rigorously designed helmets" Thanks for any help!
posted by mjbraun to science & nature (3 comments total)

The man on the right is Auguste Piccard (famous scientist). Here is the Wikipedia link for him. The picture is there too.
posted by bluefrog at 6:47 AM on January 7, 2008

Googling the quote found this (click for a big version).
posted by knave at 6:49 AM on January 7, 2008

The other man is Paul Kipfer so we can presume those are helmets for their record-setting balloon flight.
posted by yeti at 8:07 AM on January 7, 2008