Vincent Schaefer, Irving Langmuir & Bernard Vonnegut
Photomicrographs from "Project Cirrus", 1941
Silver print
9 x 7 inches
With various press notations verso.
With various press notations verso.
In the 1940s, Physicist Bernard Vonnegut (brother of Kurt) along with Nobel Laureate Irving Langmuir and Atmospheric Scientist Vincent Shaefer, formed a research team intent on finding ways to control...
In the 1940s, Physicist Bernard Vonnegut (brother of Kurt) along with Nobel Laureate Irving Langmuir and Atmospheric Scientist Vincent Shaefer, formed a research team intent on finding ways to control the weather. Funded by GE, a central aspect of this research, dubbed “Project Cirrus,” was the creation of artificial snow. In 1946, Schaefer made history when he flew into a cloud in upstate New York and set off the world’s first artificial snowfall with a bag of dry ice.