... The tail is l-o-o-o-o-o-n-g! From the Earth, that means the tail can be seen stretching for more than 30 degrees (a degree is 1/360 of the way around a circle, so there are 90 degrees from the horizon to straight overhead). ...
... or they are taken through a telescope, but overexposed to show the fainter tail ... This is basically what we mean by the comet's tail. ... Finally, the tail is streaming off the comet head, but appears to be off to one side ...
... going to go through the tail of several comets and afterward be inundated by meteors causing worldwide calamity from not only the vapor, but the impact/s. Apparently, the vapor associated with these comet tails are extremely dangerous and flammable ...
... Note added March 1, 2001 : originally, I had said about the dust tail: ``The other [tail] is dust and junk from the comet that is basically left behind as the comet moves.' ...
... head-on because only a small portion of the tail is showing toward the bottom left ... The "tail" is actually a volcanic eruption, an almost daily event on the sulphury ...
... You can clearly see one of the comets below and to the right of the Sun, and the other is to the right of the Sun, with its tail sticking out from under a bright part of the Sun's corona. ...