There are, for 24 hours every day, many pairs of eyes looking into the skies. Some are the eyes of professional astronomers while others are making just casual glances. Early in 1997, a comet was visible to billions of people who needed only to look up.
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(2008). As an Angel. In: Ice, Rock, and Beauty. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73103-2_30
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