A PHOTOMEMORIAL TO PAOLO FARINELLA

(1953-2000)

PLANETARY SCIENTIST, TEACHER, SEEKER OF JUSTICE AND DEAR COLLEAGUE

The following collection of images captures a variety of facets of the personality of Paolo Farinella. He will be missed.

A relaxed Paolo prepares to board the cog railway to a trip to the top of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. July, 1998. Paolo and Clelia outside the grand hotel at Bretton Woods, N.H., site of the famous meeting during WWII that established the post-war monetary agreement. Paolo was a keen student of international relations.
The hardworking scientist and the sleeping Gato. Taking a break, Paolo looks speculative at Gato's tail.
An evil idea takes shape in his mind... He acts upon the thought; Gato complains.

Paolo enjoys a visit to the gardens outside of Kyoto while on an excursion during the Third Catastrophic Disruption Workshop in 1991. Clelia, Paolo, and Zoran.Wary of the pigeons, Paolo casts an anxious eye toward the sky. Nice, 1991.

Ever ready to explain a scientific topic for the public, Paolo tapes an interview at the Nice Observatory.

Ahh, the stressful life of the scientist. Goutelas school, France, 1995.Even so accomplished a person as Paolo could not always carry on a vigorous debate and eat chocolate cleanly.
Ever dedicated to the cause of international peace and nuclear disarmament, Paolo was intrigued by the Titan missile museum in S. Arizona.
a) He, along with many others, could not resist the photo op with their finger on the launch button. b) With Paolo Paolicchi, leaning against the reentry vehicle.
Paolo seeks divine truths at a secret desert connectivity rock. The aliens failed to arrive as requested.

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