Gallery: The Bizarre, Breathtaking Science Photos of Fritz Goro

  • Cow fetuses
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    cow-fetuses

    *A pair of 90-day-old cow fetuses clearly visible inside an amniotic sac, 1965. Image: [Fritz Goro—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images](http://life.time.com/photographers/photographer-spotlight-fritz-goro/#1)*
  • Smoking research
    02

    smoking-research

    *Research on cigarette smoking and lung cancer, 1953. Image: [Fritz Goro—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images](http://life.time.com/photographers/photographer-spotlight-fritz-goro/#20)*
  • Rocket noise test
    03

    rocket-noise-test

    *An astronaut tests noise levels (coming from giant speakers) that mimic the high-decibel sound of a rocket launch, 1967. Image: [Fritz Goro—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images](http://life.time.com/photographers/photographer-spotlight-fritz-goro/#7)*
  • Hologram
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    hologram

    *Two perspectives of a single hologram, projected on screens when a laser passes through the hologram at different places, 1966. Hologram made by Juris Upatnieks. Image: [Fritz Goro—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images](http://life.time.com/photographers/photographer-spotlight-fritz-goro/#12)*
  • Electric charge
    05

    electric-charge

    *A scientist holds a plastic block that he blasted with charged electric particles while investigating the notion of lightning as a rain trigger, 1962. Image: [Fritz Goro—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images](http://life.time.com/photographers/photographer-spotlight-fritz-goro/#13)*
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