July 11, 2011: Death of a Comet

Wombat · 07-13-2011, 07:37 PM

I think the pic above is just a stock image of the sun, not an photo of the comet event.

Here is the video of the actual event, showing the comet evaporating as it gets closer to the sun:
http://www.space.com/12188-comet-death-dive-sun.html

I've no idea if the video is actual speed or shown speeded up.

Spexxvet · 07-13-2011, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Wombat

I think the pic above is just a stock image of the sun, not an photo of the comet event.

Here is the video of the actual event, showing the comet evaporating as it gets closer to the sun:
http://www.space.com/12188-comet-death-dive-sun.html

I've no idea if the video is actual speed or shown speeded up.

There's a lot of shit flying around in that clip.

07-13-2011, 07:37 PM	#1
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