'The most amazing thing I've ever seen in space'

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Comet Lovejoy images by current ISS resident Dave Burbank...

...story, pics, and video explanation by Burbank here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...et-Lovejoy-taken-Space-Station-commander.html

 

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The pics really are special. State of the art observation is very impressive.

 

[EllieTalbot]

*like*

 

[slave_]

Neat video of the comet.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-comet-lovejoy-plunges-sun-survives.html

Click the image to see motion at the top of the page next to this text in additon to the video images further down the page:

"This coronagraph image from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory shows Comet Lovejoy receding from the sun after its close encounter. The horizontal lines through the comet's nucleus are digital artifacts caused by saturation of the detector; Lovejoy is that bright!"