December 27, 2000
Somewhere above you, light is arriving from places so distant their names feel like poetry.
The Dust and Ion Tails of Comet Hale Bopp
Birthday · December 27, 2000
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APOD published December 27, 2000. Credit: John Gleason (Celestial Images). A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
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