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ohhhhhh the colors! the wispy tail! it's perfect 😭❤️

This is 🚬 Astronomy 🚬

This view perfectly captures the comet's two tails—one of dust and ice particles, and another of ionised gas. The particulate tail shows remarkable flow structures that reflect how the comet's nucleus is coming apart with decreased solar distance. The ion tail points directly away from the Sun.

Did you see this one?

Wowowow 🩵☄️✨

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What the heck!??! Has there ever been a photo of a comet this detailed before?

Yep. Think of it as shedding, I suppose.

Except … when you zoom in.

Gorgeous.