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Pic of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) taken from the ISS. The comet is pointed towards the Sun behind Earth, whose thin atmosphere streaks brightly across the middle of the pic. https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1877963226530349168

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Pic of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) taken from the ISS. The comet is pointed towards the Sun behind Earth, whose thin atmosphere streaks brightly across the middle of the pic. https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/1877963226530349168
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AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 09:58:47 JST AkaSci 🛰️
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The best vantage point for observing Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is in space. Which is where astronaut Don Petit took this stunning photograph from, perched with his camera behind a window in the NASA ISS at ~400 km altitude.
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