The sky on
your birthday.
“Sundogs over the VLA” is copyrighted by Joe Orman. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteSometimes, you can see more than one Sun in the sky. These are sundogs, extra images of the Sun created by ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere. Flat, six-sided ice crystals fall through the air, often with their faces parallel to the ground. When an observer is in the same plane as many of these crystals near sunrise or sunset, the sunlight refracts to create these luminous phenomena over the VLA.
A Closer Hubble Encounter With Mars - 4 Views
NASA released this picture on 23 August 1999. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.
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Released on your day
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 23 August 2013 The Tortured Clouds of Eta Carinae See it as a poster -
Released on 23 August 2010 Messier 71: an unusual globular cluster See it as a poster -
Released on 23 August 2020 The Helix Nebula from Blanco and Hubble See it as a poster -
Released on 23 August 2021 Cluster in the Cloud See it as a poster -
Released on 23 August 2025 The Milky Way appears above Earth's bright atmospheric glow See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 23 AUG 1999 falls under Virgo (♍). The sign's window runs from 08-23 through 09-22. Virgo is the largest zodiac constellation, holding the heart of the Virgo galaxy cluster. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 23 AUG 1999.