: eu mw We + polos te “Ae ete aU Wa cca ed Wine abe “ Volume 6 June a rb bee eeb . ots oD Number 6 1969 "ATO Published monthly by the University of Californta, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Office of Public Relations, P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mex- ico 87544. Second Class Postage Paid at Los Alamos. CONTENTS: ] 12 Bikini Airglow and Cosmic Ray Mission 14 “The Surface Science Show of the Year” 16 Photo Shorts 17 Service Pins 18 LASL’s Award Winning Photographers 19 Technical Scholarship Program Winners 20 Kempter Named Honorary AIC Member/ Short Subjects 2] The Technical Side/New Hires 24 20 Years Ago/What's Doing Editor: Kenneth J. Johnson Photography: Bill Jack Rodgers and Bill Regan Office: D-413 Administration Building. Telephone: 7-6102. Printed by The University of New Mexico Printing Plant, Albuquerque. COVER: On Bikini Atoll] relics of nuclear test days are still scattered over the many small islands which served as scientific stations. This signal cable runs from a small bunker on Eniirikku Island, underwater, to an- other installation. The glass fishing float is of more recent origin, one Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, an equal opportunity employer, ts operated by the Uni. versity of California for the United States Atomic Energy Commission. of hundreds which drift up on the beaches of the atoll. The cover photograph and others which accompanya story about Bikini Atoll were taken by Bill Regan.