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See the impressive footage from ISON, comet of the century

On 28 November Comet ISON will come to the nearest point of the solar photosphere, and if you  

survive despite passing the Sun, will enable a new spectacle in the sky.

As the comet approaches its circling around the Sun, astronomers had the rare opportunity to  

photograph the Earth.

So far, the comet was about as astronomers had expected, so it collapsed under the influence of the 

Sun. 

 The most interesting part of the tape is the dynamics of the tail of the comet. For several days, the 

comet will come to the nearest point, or the 1.9 million miles of the sun's photosphere.

 If you survive, the comet will be visible on 3 December in the northern hemisphere.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtEb376ARsI

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40wICUY5VmU