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Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 9:00 am Post subject: WIRED Space Photo of the Day: ISON's Big Day |
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In the early hours of Nov. 27, 2013, Comet ISON entered the field of view of the European Space Agency/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. In this picture, called a coronagraph, the bright light of the sun itself is blocked so the structures around it are visible. The comet is seen in the lower right; a giant cloud of solar material, called a coronal mass ejection or CME, is seen billowing out under the sun. <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'> </td></tr></table></div><br/><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/><br/>
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