Deep Impact Photographs Comet Tempel 1

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Deep Impact Photographs Comet Tempel 1
Deep Impact's first image of comet Tempel 1, taken on April 25, 2005. Image (Image credit: NASA/JPL/UMD)

NASA's Deep Impact probe has photographed the comet it will soon slam into.

The image was released Wednesday. It was taken April 25, when the spacecraft was 39.7 million miles from comet Tempel 1.

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