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Old 27-12-2011, 02:09 PM
tornado33
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Great images there. Sadly socked in at Newcastle today.
I think the blue colour is the gas emissions. As the comet moves further from the Sun, there is less heat, and less dust coming off, while the more volatile ices and gases boil off, making the bluish gas or ion tail more prominent and the yellow dust tail less so
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