An old color photo of Carl Sagan, facing away from the camera, holding his hands up in front of him so that a state trooper can arrest him. They are surrounded by a gaggle of other people, and some cars, and the Nevada desert can be seen in the background.
An old new paper clipping featuring a black-and-white photo of several people waving from the windows of a school bus. In the center, Carl Sagan, wearing glasses, waves and smiles broadly. The caption reads: Astronomer Carl Sagan, center, smiles from bus after his arrest Sagan and 138 other demonstrators were arrested after protesting a nuclear test in Nevada The title of the article reads: 139 activists arrested at nuclear test allowable under the Limited Test By TIM DAHLBERG Associated Press Writer The copy: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - About 500 physicians and peace activists gathered at the Nevada Test Site to urge the government to halt nuclear weapons' testing as scientists detonated an underground nuclear test. Authorities arrested 139 of the demonstrators Tuesday, including noted astronomer Carl Sagan, who crossed a symbolic white line marking the boundary to the test site. It was the 17th announced underground nuclear test since the Soviet Union declared a unilateral moratorium on testing Aug. 9, 1985. "We must push for the termination of this madness." Dr. Bernard Lown, co-president of the International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War, said. The blast had a yield of up to 150,000 tons of TNT, the maximum Ban Treaty. It was detonated at 6:30 dubbed Camp Desert Rock, where tens of thousands of military person- p.m. EDT after being delayed for 742 hours by strong winds. nel took part in atmospheric nuclear tests three decades ago. The arrests came an hour after "Unlike a real nuclear war, this the powerful explosion rocked the one passed us by," Sagan said. desert floor from 2,000 feet beneath Sagan, his wife, Ann Druyan, and the desert. There was no noticeable Dr. Jack Geiger, head of the ground motion at the protest site, Physicians for Social Responsi- and Department of Energy officials bility, an anti-nuclear group, linked said the demonstrators were in no arms after the test to become the danger. "It was thoughtful of the DOE to first to cross the …
"Annie and I were arrested several times at the Nevada nuclear test site. We organized three of the largest acts of nonviolent civil disobedience against US nuclear testing…My point of view is that it’s just something you do as a citizen."
-Carl Sagan, 1992
🧪 #BlueSci #Iran @standupforscience.net
