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't - . i r .i , ** * * «fe* T he P or tlan d O bserver • A u g . P age A 7 13,1997 Hale-Bopp seen from eyes of space shuttle Astronauts also find evidence supporting theory that snowballs the size of a house are pelting Earth’s atmosphere Space shuttle Discovery ’ s astronauts are taking more and better pictures o f the Hale-Bopp comet with a small ultra violet telescope. The astronauts are using a window- mounted telescope, and scientists said the images o f Hale-Bopp were much clearer than those collected over the weekend. The crew beamed down the grainy, gray-and-white images, which were dis played on a large screen in Mission Control. Hale-Bopp passed closest to Earth early this spring and was visible to the naked eye for several weeks. It is now much farther from Earth. The images cannot be gathered from the ground - ultraviolet rays are invisible from Earth because the atmosphere obscures them. fhis is the first space tryout o f the $500,000 telescope, developed by Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio,Texas. A satellite released from Discovery , meanwhile, has found ev idence that sup ports a controversial theory that snow balls the size o f a house are pelting Earth's atmosphere. Preliminary findings from an ultra violet telescope on the satellite indicate lots o f hydroxy I in the atmosphere at the high northern latitudes. That means lots o f w ater vapor, said Robert Conway, a planetary physicistattheNaval Research space in November 1094. it detected almost no hydroxy l above 43 miles at it'schecking the far north: Alaska, north- em Canada, northern Russia, Greenland rhe satellite, which also is gathering data on Earth's ozone layer, has been the middle latitudes, he said. This time, andSweden. Hying °* Discovers Laboratory. Conway said one possible explana tion for all this water vapor at altitudes ot 43 miles to 56 miles is large space snowballs, a theory presented by a Uni versity o f Iow a physicist in May . Another possibility is that it’s com ing from meteorites, Conway said Mon day. “ This is where all the junk that we sweep through as the Earth goes around the sun, this is where it has to come through, and maybe some o f that junk is snowy comets," ’ he said.' ’ But there are other things, and I think we need to look at all o f them.” When Conw ay's telescope flew in Get the Most From Your Medicines By Larry Lucas H ere’s a quick quiz. The prize is better health. True or False? 1. The overw helm ing m ajority o f people take their m edi cines exactly as th ey ’re sup posed to. 2. If you forget to take your m edicine one day, ju st double the dose the next day. 3. If y ou’re feeling better, it’s all right to stop taking your prescription. 4. 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