Deep Impact collision generated huge 'photo flash'
NASA's Deep Impact probe, which collided with the comet Tempel 1 on July 4, created an "immense" flash of light which helped two cameras on the mission's mothership capture the high-speed rendezvous. "You can not help but get a big flash when objects meet at 23,000 miles per hour," Pete Schultz of...
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