History Thru The Lens

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My interests in history and photography come together in this photoblog. Featured in this blog are historical pictures such as the above photo of the RMS Olympic and her sister ship the RMS Titanic, which would prove to be the last one of them together side by side. Hopefully all who visit will enjoy it and recommend the site to their friends.

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Monday, August 9, 2010

A Symbolic Journey


In 1930, Dr. Clyde William Tombaugh, pictured above, was credited with discovering the dwarf planet Pluto. On January 19, 2006, nine years after his death in 1997, NASA launched the New Horizons, a robotic spacecraft which is currently on its' way to Pluto. The craft, which is expected to fly by Pluto on July 14, 2015, is carrying several non-scientific articles of symbolic relevance including some of Clyde Tombaugh's ashes.


A small circular cylinder containing some of Dr. Tombaugh's ashes is pictured attached to the inside of the New Horizons spacecraft.

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