Pictures of the Day: Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010

The final Digital Optical Module is lowered into the world's largest neutrino observatory, built 1,400 meters under the Antarctic.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth

The final Digital Optical Module is lowered into the world's largest neutrino observatory, built 1,400 meters under the Antarctic. The observatory, finished after a decade of work, will help scientists study space particles in the search for dark matter, the invisible material that makes up most of the Universe's mass.