This tail is created by the particles from the fast solar wind interacting with gas from the comet's head. The blue ion tail points directly away from the Sun . The white dust tail is created by bits of grit that have come off the comet's nucleus and are being pushed away by the pressure of light from the Sun. This tail points nearly away from the Sun. The above photograph was taken in March 1997.
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You seem to be somewhat impaired when it comes to detecting sarcasm. Shortly before they committed suicide with the rest of the Heaven's Gate group, a couple of cultists were at a camera and telescope shop out here in San Diego. They ate the applesauce a few days later. That says it all. Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management.