Photos from Neutrino Day 2024
SURF’s 2024 Neutrino Day brought about 2200 people to Lead who took part in hands on science activities, performances, lectures, and exhibits held across town. This photo essay has some of the many highlights.
Inspiring learning across generations
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A child listens to a communication device brought by Little Shop of Physics during the Neutrino Day 2024 event.
Mike Ray
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A child takes part in a science learning activity utilizing a Van De Graaff generator brought to Neutrino Day 2024 by South Dakota Mines.
Mike Ray
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A child takes part in a science learning activity utilizing a Van De Graaff generator brought to Neutrino Day 2024 by South Dakota Mines.
Mike Ray
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A child takes part in a science learning activity showing a model of the water pumping system at SURF during Neutrino Day 2024.
Mike Ray
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Children engage in science learning activities at the Black Hills Energy booth during Neutrino Day.
Matthew Kapust
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A volunteer runs a demonstration of underground air flow at Neutrino Day 2024.
Matthew Kapust
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A Neutrino Day attendee receives a temporary tattoo during the start of of the event.
Mike Ray
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A family enjoys one of the many hands-on science activities at Neutrino Day.
Mike Ray
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Children play with science learning activities at the Black Hills Energy Booth.
Mike Ray
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Children and adults participating in an activity during Phil Baker's performance in the Homestake Opera House.
Laine Mitchell
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A child engages in science learning activities at Neutrino Day 2024
Matthew Kapust
Performances and presentations at the Homestake Opera House
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Linda Di Felice, one of three presenters during a lecture titled Dark Matter 101: The LUX-ZEPLIN crash course, spreads her arms in front of the crowd at the Homestake Opera House.
Laine Mitchell
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Kids have fun dancing during the Phil Baker performance at the Homestake Opera House.
Laine Mitchell
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The crowd in the Homestake Opera House enjoying the performance and lecutrues at Neutrino Day 2024.
Laine Mitchell
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The crowd in the Homestake Opera House enjying the performance and lecutrues at Neutrino Day 2024.
Laine Mitchell
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The panel of speakers for the Dark Matter 101: The LUX-ZEPLIN crash course at Neutrino Day in 2024.
Laine Mitchell
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Mr. Freeze wows the crowd during Neutrno Day 2024.
Mike Ray
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A young person asks questions during a panel discussion at Neutrino Day 2024.
Laine Mitchell
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Two panelists during the CETUP* Scientist Discussion at Neutrino Day 2024, including Julia Gehrlein, assistant professor of Physics at Colorado State University and Diego Aristizabal, assistant professor of Physics University of Valencia, Spain.
Laine Mitchell
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Two panelists during the CETUP* Scientist Discussion at Neutrino Day 2024 included Bhupal Dev, associate professor of Physics at Washington University (right) and Diego Aristizabal, assistant professor of Physics University of Valencia, Spain.
Laine Mitchell
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Mr. Freeze wows the crowd with liquid nitrogen during his engaging performance.
Laine Mitchell
A citywide festival
Children enjoy science learning and play with the Little Shop of Physics.
Mike Ray
People enjoy SURF's ethnobotonical garden Čhaŋgléška Wakȟáŋ during Neutrino Day 2024.
Matthew Kapust
Some people come to Neutrino Day just to try the liquid nitrogen ice cream made each year by the South Dakota Mines chapter of the Society of Physics Students.
Mike Ray
Fermilab's booth at Neutrino Day was a was a crowd favorite.
Mike Ray
2024 Davis-Bahcall Scholar, Mackenzie Hollenbeck, describes a VR image of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) caverns to a young Neutrino Day attendee.
Mike Ray
A trio of Neutrino Day attendees marvel at the model of SURF's underground inside the Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center
Mike Ray
Two volunteers in front of a camera for a live broadcast from Neutrino Day.
Mike Ray
The crowd gathered for the live feed from underground during Neutrino Day.
Mike Ray
Neutrino Day volunteers have as every bit as much fun as the attendees.
Mike Ray
A view from above Lead during Neutrino Day
Stephen Kenny
South Dakota Mines assisted the SD/WY Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project in the annual weather balloon launch during Neutrino Day festivities.
Stephen Kenny
Two Neutrino Day SURF volunteers smile while holding the Neutrino Day selfie frame.
Matthew Kapust
A view from above Lead on Neutrino Day with a full Main Street.
Stephen Kenny
Our sponsors and community partners made Neutrino Day a huge success!!
Neutrino Day was a huge success in 2024 thanks to a long list of sponsors who make the event possible, these include: Black Hills Energy, Fermilab, Monument Health, Hampton Inn, RCS Construction, Coeur Wharf, Neiman, South Dakota Mines, Black Hills State University, Dakota Gold, Simpsons Printing, and community partners in Lead including Aspire Boutique, the City of Lead, Handley Center, Homestake Opera House, Lynn’s Dakotamart, Outlaw Tacos & Pizza, Pine Girl Arts, Rustic Nook Bakery, and Dakota Shivers Brewery.