As I recall, this photo was taken in Australia. Image Google Comet McNaught; there are plenty of huge pictures. McNaught was a "showy" comet with a tail like a peacock.
Or go to: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html and search for pictures of McNaught. Lots of big beautiful ones there (January, 2007). You could see it in broad daylight. What I liked about it is that its ion tail was made of IRON atoms. A special gift for all the people who insist comets are "just" iceballs -- an Iron Comet! Sterling K. Webb ----------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] spmeone had a great 4th sometime, what a photo! On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 17:33:07 -0500, you wrote: >Look at the image full size. The meteor-like >object is actually Comet McNaught. > Missed that! Great image, pity it's such a tiny photo. ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
