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Anti-Nuclear Goggles
Anti-Nuclear Goggles
Anti-Nuclear Goggles

Anti-Nuclear Goggles

Photographer
Date1975
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions6 5/16 × 4 7/16 in. (16.1 × 11.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Bill Laskar
Object numberPA1996.021.039
DescriptionA prototype of anti-nuclear goggles designed at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for use by the United States Air Force. Two large lenses are built into a specially-designed ceramic material called PLZT. The lenses turn opaque in the event of a nuclear blast to help prevent flash-blindness if the flight crew are caught in a nuclear blast.
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