NASA Deep Impact Image: Comet Tempel 1 As Seen By Impactor Targeting Sensor (Closeup Detail)
This is a picture of comet Tempel 1 taken by the Deep Impact probe’s impactor targeting sensor. The probe collided with the comet at at 10:52 p.m. Pacific time, July 3 (1:52 a.m. Eastern time, July 4).
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD