As Comet ISON approaches the sun, South Bend prepares for the Comet Festival. Slide set is for educational, non-commercial purposes.

1. Image: NASA

2. Image: NASA

3. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/deepimpact/science/comets-cultures.cfm

4. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/deepimpact/science/comets-cultures.cfm

6. Image: NASA (Hubble)

8. http://onlinephys.com/Kuiper-Belt-and-Oort-Cloud-of-the-Sun.jpg

9. Hale Bopp

11. Illustration: Dacota Schrader

12. Image: JINA

13. Image: JINA

14. Image: Dayle Brown

16. Image: Danl DuRall

25. https://www.facebook.com/pages/2013-Comet-Festival/281597451975282
OR
http://tinyurl.com/FB-comet

26. Image: Kennedy Planetarium

28. http://vimeo.com/59828520
Comets
Bitin’ the
Dust

29. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

31. http://cometfestival.com/index.php/events/experience-michiana/
Courtesy of WNIT Public Television

33. Image: NASA

34. Image: Paper Plate Education