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| Description: Comet Hale- Bopp Discovered on July 23, 1995, this comet was at its breathtaking best in mid-1997. Inset: Jets of gas and debris were observed shooting out from Comet Hale-Bopp several times. This image shows the comet nucleus (lower bright region), an ejected piece of the comet’s surface (upper bright region), and a spiral tail. The ejected piece eventually disintegrated, following the same spiral pattern as the tail. Picture Stats: Views: 576 Filesize: 661.76kB Height: 900 Width: 1104 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=18326 |