23 December 2011

Comet Lovejoy (2011 W3) From Seen from Space by ISS 21DEC2011


SPACE STATION COMMANDER CAPTURES UNPRECEDENTED VIEW OF COMET
HOUSTON -- 
International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy, viewed from about 240 miles above the Earth's horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
Today Burbank described seeing the comet as "the most amazing thing I have ever seen in space," in an interview with WDIV-TV in Detroit. Burbank took hundreds of still images of the comet. The images also were processed into a time-lapse video that will air on NASA TV at 4 p.m. CST. The video, including Burbanks' comments, and a selection of the individual images are available online at:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
For additional images and information on Comet Lovejoy, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/sunearth
For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv