Lovejoy Comet Flies over Southern Hemisphere

This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken December 21, 2011 from 17:35:50 to 17:43:02 GMT, on a pass from eastern Australia southeast to New Zealand. This brief video features the Lovejoy Comet, which passed by the sun around December 16, and can be seen over the Southern Hemisphere over the South Pacific countries. [Video courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Videos/CrewEarthObservationsVideos/).]

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[77azureblue77]

Thanks for posting. Not only do you see the comet, but you also shared a nice view of the new color of our atmosphere. What used to be blue now appears to be green. Hmm I wonder why it is not blue anymore.

[Chalax92]

woah...