Bull's Eye! Target Name:   Comet Tempel 1 Spacecraft:   Deep Impact Instrument:   Medium Resolution camera Produced by:   NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA02121 Date Taken:   3 July 2005

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This image shows the initial ejecta that resulted when NASA's Deep Impact probe collided with comet Tempel 1 at 10:52 p.m. Pacific time, July 3 (1:52 a.m. Eastern time, July 4). It was taken by the spacecraft's medium-resolution camera 16 seconds after impact.