Christmas comet Lovejoy captured at Paranal Observatory in Chile

Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 14:30 in Astronomy & Space

The recently discovered Comet Lovejoy has been captured in stunning photos and time-lapse video taken from the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile. The comet graced the southern sky after it had unexpectedly survived a close encounter with the Sun.

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