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Deep Impact "lookback" image of Tempel 1
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This "lookback" image was captured by Deep Impact's high-resolution imager as it receded from comet Tempel 1 early today. The bright spot is not an incandescent flare; it represents dust in the ejecta curtain spraying out from the comet, which is backlit by the Sun.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD
This image is in the public domain. Original image data dated on or about July 4, 2005
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