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DescriptionComet Hale-Bopp from Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-83).jpg
English: A 35mm camera was used to record this time-exposed image of Comet Hale-Bopp at sunset. As a spin-off of the more lengthy time exposure, city lights and petroleum fires are seen as distorted streaks.
This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: STS083-507-023.
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Comet Hale-Bopp above the limb of the Earth as seen from Space Shuttle Columbia.
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