Comet C/2023 A3 is pictured from the International Space Station
iss072e010127 (Oct. 1, 2024) --- Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was about 44 million miles away from Earth in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited into a sunrise 272 miles above the Indian Ocean south of Australia's island state of Tasmania. The aurora australis seemingly fades into the atmospheric glow above Earth's horizon.
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October 1, 2024
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Don Pettit
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