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Blues Heron

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1. 'A green comet seen streaking through the night sky with an icy tail dragging behind it '

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Mar 5, 2023, 04:22 PM

Mar 2023

actually the tail is streaking away from the sun, no matter what the direction the comet is going. The comet could be travelling perpendicularly to the tails orientation. It doesnt necessarily drag behind it.

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'A green comet seen streaking through the night sky with an icy tail dragging behind it ' Blues Heron Mar 2023 #1