A Comet's Demise: July 6, 2011
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- Tom Bridgman
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A small comet evaporates away in its flyby of the Sun.
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]
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Producer
- Genna Duberstein (ADNET)
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SDO AIA 171 (A.K.A. 171 Filter) (Collected with the AIA sensor)
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