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Comet Plunges into the Sun
Space.com ^
| Mon Nov 6, 5:00 PM ET
| Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 11/08/2006 8:08:17 AM PST by Redcitizen
A comet made a death plunge into the Sun on Friday, disintegrating as its icy chemicals vaporized on the way in.
An animation showing the comet's plunge was made with images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: comet; science; space
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To: KevinDavis
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:23:33 AM PST
by
Vaquero
("An armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Vaquero
"Seems that they still are bad omens." They have hit us in the past. Apparently so far in the past that 'a bad omen' is the only remnant left in the collective memory of humans.
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:27:04 AM PST
by
blam
To: brityank
Someone must have lost their Illudium Q-36 Space Modulator.
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:29:51 AM PST
by
Constitution Day
(Buck up! It's not the end of the world, people.)
To: dragonblustar
Well, the heavens are weeping here today! (Philadelphia)
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:30:37 AM PST
by
twigs
To: Redcitizen
Did Donna, Blixen, Vixen, Cupid and Rudolph survive?
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:33:40 AM PST
by
meandog
(While Bush will never fill them, Clinton isn't fit to even lick the soles of Reagan's shoes!)
To: meandog
Yes. They halted at the NorthStar while Comet plunged onward.
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:48:45 AM PST
by
Redcitizen
(This tagline is 100 percent Trans Fat free)
To: Carl LaFong
Pelosi's fault. Ah-HA! Our new default observation!
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posted on
11/08/2006 8:52:35 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: Redcitizen
Story needs a new headline:
PELOSI PILOTS A COMET.
New date as well: 2008
To: Redcitizen
Obviously it heard about the election and decided to commit suicide rather than land on earth.
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posted on
11/08/2006 9:41:43 AM PST
by
lowbridge
(Got my own set of keys to the Rovian Weather and Earthquake Machine.)
To: Redcitizen
Aw, how sad. And just before the holidays! What about Cupid, Donner and Blitzen?
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posted on
11/08/2006 9:43:09 AM PST
by
hispanarepublicana
(Funny, but I don't remember pressing 1 for English in 1994.)
To: Redcitizen
A comet made a death plunge into the Sun on Friday
Not unlike the Republican party.
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posted on
11/08/2006 9:45:40 AM PST
by
kenth
(There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can count, and those who can't.)
To: Redcitizen
Now THAT'S a comet! (Bennet's 1970)
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:48:29 AM PST
by
UnklGene
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