Amateur astronomer Michael Mattiazzo of Castlemaine, Australia caught these two images of comet Elenin on Aug. 19 (left) and Sept. 6, 2011. The images show a rapid dimming in the comet, possibly hinting at its disintegration.

whether elenin does a comet holmes is dependent on the conditions of our solar wind at the time of elenin`s presence

essentially elenin either continues to move in dark glow mode (plasma term) or glow mode, either/or is caused by it`s environment which, whist in our solar system, is predominantly our solar wind

an effect (glow/dark) governed by content and intensity of our solar radiation (wind)

the right geomagnetic storm at the right location (time) and elenin glows