Space Shuttle Project
This is a Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MLS-1) onboard STS-83 photo of the most recent comet to date, Hale-Bopp, which passed by Earth during the spring and summer of 1997. In this view, the comet is visible during sunset. The streaks and distorted lights seen in the bottom of the photo are city lights and petroleum fires.
- Date
- 1997-04-04
- Collection
- MSFC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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"Space Shuttle Project" (1997-04-04). NASA/MSFC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/9705250Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 88488.
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