[extropy-chat] No comet picture has been taken like this, anywhere, anyplace, at anytime

[Amara Graps]

There are no words good enough in any language from any human since the
dawn of time to describe the exquisite detail in this STEREO SECCHI
HI-1A instrument comet McNaught image.

http://ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer/images/hi1a_070117.png

No comet picture has been taken like this, anywhere, anyplace, at anytime.

Do you want to fly through its tail? Are you ready? WHEE!
http://ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer/images/h1a_comet_jan11_18_lo.mpg

(there is a larger resolution version too)

There's more than that came from, at the SOHO Comets Page.
http://ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer/index.php?p=latest_news

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Amara Graps, PhD      www.amara.com
INAF Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI), Roma, ITALIA
Associate Research Scientist, Planetary Science Institute (PSI), Tucson