NASA deep space probe sends back video of 'Comet of the Century' (Sun, spacecraft)

[plwhit]

FYI:

NASA's Deep Impact probe has sent back images of comet Ison as it heads inexorably towards a close fly-past of the Sun later this year.

The spacecraft snapped the comet from a whopping 793 million kilometres with its Medium-Resolution Imager over a 36-hour period on 17 and 18 January, allowing NASA to stitch together this time-laspe vid:

NASA deep space probe sends back video of 'Comet of the Century' ? The Register

[piyf]

LOL, it looks like a scene from a cheesy movie from the 50s.