It is absolutely amazing that we now have the technology to
capture and share these type of images from an outpost in space
and to do so in less than 24 hours. I still remember the grainy
black and white shots during the early US Space Program but then
again that was 50 years ago. The shot below of Comet Lovejoy was
taken from onboard the International Space Station (ISS) by its
Commander, Dan Burbank, just yesterday. Burbank described seeing
the comet two nights ago as "the most amazing thing I have ever
seen in space," in an interview with WDIV-TV in Detroit. Image
Courtesy of NASA There are several other images of the comet at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/gallery/
and you can also find a massive database of on orbit photography
at the Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth website. There
is also a time lapse video of the images showing Comet Lovejoy
at the NASA Multimedia Video Gallery.