NASA Releases Comet ISON Images from STEREO (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Releases Comet ISON Images from STEREO

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Comet ISON appeared in the higher-resolution HI-1 camera on NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft. Dark "clouds" coming from the right are more dense areas in the solar wind, causing ripples in Comet Encke's tail. Using comet tails as tracers can provide valuable data about solar wind conditions near the sun. MORE on Comet ISON from NASA: www.nasa.gov/ison

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Karl Battams/NASA/STEREO/CIOC

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