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Comet Wild 2 - Jet Release
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This composite image was taken by the navigation camera during the close approach phase of Stardust's Jan 2, 2004 flyby of comet Wild 2. Several large depressed regions can be seen. Comet Wild 2 is about five kilometers (3.1 miles) in diameter. To create this image, a short exposure image showing tremendous surface detail was overlain on a long exposure image taken just 10 seconds later showing jets.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineComet Wild 2 - Jet Release. NASA/JPL, 2004-03-18. Public domain. ID: PIA05578.
