Back in December, NASA launched the WISE, an infrared telescope that was designed to map the entire visible universe. And one of its first shots? This epic comet.
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-launches-new-infrared-telescope-to-capture-hidden-5425933
This shot is one of four that NASA has processed and published after receiving the first batch of 250,000 raw images from the telescope. It shows Sliding Spring, a comet discovered in 2007 that has a 10 million-mile tail of dust being blown by the solar wind. Amazing stuff. [NASA via Wired Science]
