PIA02134: Capturing the Flash
NASA's Deep Impact's flyby spacecraft shows the flash that occurred when comet Tempel 1 ran over the spacecraft's probe taken by the high-resolution camera over a period of 40 seconds.
 Target Name:  Tempel 1
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Deep Impact 
 Spacecraft:  Deep Impact
 Instrument:  High Resolution Instrument (HRI) 
 Product Size:  720 x 540 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  University of Maryland 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02134.tif (389.4 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02134.jpg (20.02 kB)  

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Quick Time Movie for PIA02134 High Resolution Impact
Quick Time Movie for PIA02134 High Resolution Impact

This movie taken by Deep Impact's flyby spacecraft shows the flash that occurred when comet Tempel 1 ran over the spacecraft's probe. It was taken by the flyby craft's high-resolution camera over a period of about 40 seconds. The image has been digitally processed to enhance the view of the comet's nucleus.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

Image Addition Date:
2005-07-04