Braided structure in F3 NEOWISE dust tail

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    Ray Emery
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    What gives rise to the remarkable tail structure visible in this image?

    https://twitter.com/aydinmustafaaa/status/1282432106350731264/photo/1

    – Ray Emery –

    #582804
    Nick James
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    A vivid imagination on behalf of the person who made the image. This is not real.

    #582805
    Nick James
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    The real detail in the comet is spectacular. I really don’t understand why anyone would want to make stuff up like that. 

    #582808
    Ray Emery
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    Fair enough, Nick. This one got past the defences of my sleep deprived brain. This is why I don’t bother with any social media.Too many b——-ds out there!

    #582821
    Peter Gudgeon
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    There is a better copy, in colour, on the following website, exposing it as a fake:-

    http://www.rankinstudio.com/How_To_Spot_Bullshit_Comet_Photos

    As to why, ??

    #582823
    Grant Privett
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    They want fame, notoriety and followers – that way lies a big ego boost and advertising revenue. You see quite a few, er, augmented, pictures these days. Some more subtle than this.

    I’m only surprised its not the Zetans coming in off the shoulder of Orion at last. 🙂

    #582825
    Nick James
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    That’s a really good page. Unfortunately fake images like this are common. At least this one was blatant, some are more subtle and harder to identify for what they are. A good maxim is that if you see any astro image that shows something no one else is showing from someone you have never heard of, be suspicious and dig around a bit to get some idea of the authenticity. It is a shame that social media is overrun by this kind of stuff. A faked comet picture is pretty minor compared to some of the other, sometimes very convincing, fake messages out there. 

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