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Astronomy Picture of the Day (1995)
Please cite this page.
- Cost
- 4 RAM
- Power
- 6
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Institutions
- Era
- Boom (1995 to 1998)
- Collection
- The Establishment
What it does
Arrives with a shield. Ongoing: While this card keeps its shield, +2 Power to this card.
Ongoing is always on while the card is in play.
It costs 4 RAM to play and brings 6 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Institutions cards protect your side, and come back strong when you're losing.
The site, in 1995
A different picture of the universe each day, with a caption by a professional astronomer, from NASA and Michigan Technological University.
Its first day brought just 14 page views. By 2012 it had passed a billion image views, and it is now translated into 21 languages daily.
In 1995: The first picture appeared on 16 June. The site's first day drew only 14 page views.
Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.
The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1995 page.
Put it on your site
Run Astronomy Picture of the Day, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1995. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1995, then plays a short scene. Want Astronomy Picture of the Day in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
