An 8 second exposure of Comet PanSTARRS, taken March 11 with a Kodak Z1012IS digital camera at f/5.6 and ISO 64 film speed. The graininess is due to max zoom setting (396 mm lens equivalent) and cropping to reduce the photo size to less than 500kb.
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