# Space Station Commander Captures Unprecedented View of Comet

International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy as seen from about 240 miles above the Earth's horizon on Wednesday, Dec. 21.

Today Burbank described seeing the comet two nights ago as "the most amazing thing I have ever seen in space," in an interview with WDIV-TV in Detroit. Last night he captured hundreds of still images of the comet.

More images available in the International Space Station image gallery:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/gallery/index.html

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2011
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: NASA Johnson
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Space_Station_Commander_Captures_Unprecedented_View_of_Comet.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Johnson
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/143020428?play=1)