SDO Sees Comet Pass In Front of the Sun (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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SDO's AIA instrument captured the first ever video of a comet passing directly in front of the sun in the early morning of July 6, 2011. The comet comes in from the right and is very faint (recommend viewing full screen).

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