06 August 2014

Imaging - Comets

Following is the best image of a comet that I (for what it's worth) have ever seen* . . . the real thing, not some brand or consumer product name+ . . . courtesy of NASA via ESA.

177 miles above the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko




* Note:  Years ago, looking north from my 2nd-story apartment balcony in Los Angeles, I viewed a faintly visible comet  . . . . .

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