• Comet Halley soars above the night sky, leaving a meteor trail behind.
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    Halley's Comet as photographed May 13, 1910, by a wide-angle camera at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz., during the comet's last appearance. A streak across the comet near the coma is a meteor trail, and not a scratch on the negative Streaks at the bottom right are the city lights of Flagstaff. Bright spot above the city lights is the planet Venus.

  • Comet Halley soars above the night sky, leaving a meteor trail behind.

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