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“Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos” is copyrighted by The AMANDA Collaboration. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe AMANDA experiment, located at the South Pole, uses a network of light detectors frozen deep in the ice to search for cosmic neutrinos. Scientists melted holes in the ice to deploy these detectors, which look for faint flashes of blue light. These flashes occur when neutrinos interact with the ice. This setup turns the Antarctic ice sheet into a giant neutrino observatory.
Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery. A View of NGC 5653
ESA/Hubble released this picture on 18 March 1999. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.
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Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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Released on 17 March 2005 Opportunity View on Sol 397 (vertical) See it as a poster -
Released on 17 March 2016 R136 observed with WFC3 See it as a poster -
Released on 17 March 2025 Colourful clouds of a nearby neighbour See it as a poster -
Released on 17 March 2020 A radiant aurora crowns the Earth's horizon beneath a starry sky as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles See it as a poster -
Released on 17 March 2017 New Hubble image of Kleinmann-Low Nebula See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 17 MAR 1999 falls under Pisces (♓). The sign's window runs from 02-19 through 03-20. Pisces holds the location of the spring equinox in the current astronomical era. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 17 MAR 1999.
Questions about March 17, 1999
What space photo was released on March 17, 1999?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for March 17, 1999 was "Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on March 17, 1999?
A new moon, about 0% lit.
What day of the week was March 17, 1999?
March 17, 1999 was a Wednesday, day 76 of the 365 days in 1999.
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