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To: SunkenCiv
 photo Comet Catalina 2015 01_zpscsfoscmr.jpg
Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina shows two spectacular tails and a bright aqua coma this morning (Dec. 6) . The dust tail, made
of dust boiled off the comet during it recent close approach to the sun, points to the southeast. Sunlight pushes the dust away
from the coma. The gas tail is made of gases such as carbon monoxide that fluoresce in solar ultraviolet light.
Credit: Michael Jaeger

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5 posted on 12/12/2015 2:05:06 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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Go Green! Go White!


6 posted on 12/12/2015 2:16:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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