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"The spectacular Comet Pan-STARRS emerged in the western sunset sky, last week, and could be seen with the naked eye in parts of the Northern Hemisphere.\nBefore dipping inside Mercury's orbit, the comet passed within 100 million miles of Earth. We humans had our sights set on capturing its entrancing journey. So far we've seen photos and a black-and-white video capturing the comet, Earth and Mercury together. However new footage from the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory gives us a better view of the commotion the comet caused at the doorstep of our planet.\nThe video above is a compilation of photos captured by the Heliospheric Imager (HI), an instrument that looks to the side of the sun to watch coronal mass ejections (giant bursts of solar wind and magnetic fields). As Comet Pan-STARRS flew around the sun from March 10 to 15, HI took three images and stitched them together.\nSEE ALSO: 20 Space Wallpapers That Are Out of This World\n\nThere are three main components in this video: Earth, which is the small speck on the right side of the screen; Comet Pan-STARRS moving through the middle; and our Sun, the fiery orb on the left. As the comet soars on screen, you'll see quick bursts, which represent those coronal mass ejections.\nComet Pan-STARRS generated a lot of buzz as it whizzed around Earth, but it's not the biggest comet astronomers are watching. This November, Comet ISON will shine as bright as a full Moon in broad daylight when it passes through the Sun's atmosphere.  \nBONUS: Photos of Spectacular Auroras\n\n\n10 Amazing Auroras Caught on Camera\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTaken by an Expedition 31 crew member as the International Space Station orbited above New Zealand in May 2012.\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLooking down on United States Midwest from the International Space Station in September 2011.\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto taken in Bear Lake, Alaska in 2005.\nImage courtesy of Joshua Strang, USAF, Wikipedia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom on board the International Space Station in January 2011.\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAurora shines over Oklahoma on Oct. 29, 2003.\nImage courtesy of Dave Ewoldt via NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAurora Australis photographed from the Space Shuttle in May 1991.\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTaken from the International Space Station as it crossed over the southern Indian Ocean on September 17, 2011.\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExpedition 32 crew on board the International Space Station recorded the Southern Lights on July 15, 2012.\nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn astronomer snapped this photo in Quebec, Canada in July 2004.\nImage courtesy of Philippe Moussette (Obs. Mont Cosmos)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTaken on Jan. 25, 2012 from the International Space Station as it flew over the Midwestern United States. \nImage courtesy of NASA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImages and video courtesy of NASA/GSFC/STEREO"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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