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Portable Network Graphic  |  2003-02-25  |  12.8 KB  |  561x65  |  8-bit (32 colors)
   ocr: Spectacular view of wo sungrazing comets following similar but not identical orbits, and entering the tenuous outer atmosphere of the Sun. Shortly ofter the comets disappeared behind the occulting disks of the LASCO coronagraphs, a bright helical-shape prominence erupts from the Sun as part of a CME. The planet Mars can be seen in the upper right comer while the bright. star. Aldebaran can be seen in the lower right part.