APOD: 2020 July 27 B Comet and Lightning Beyond Bighorn Mountains
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Credit & Copyright: Kevin Palmer
Explanation:
Normally, Steamboat Point looks cool -- but not this cool.
Every day, the iconic peak of the Bighorn Mountains is an interesting sight, in particular
from
US Highway 14
in
Wyoming.
On some rare days, the
rocky vertical ridges
look even more incredible when seen in front of a
distant lightning storm.
Earlier this month, though,
something even more unusual happened -- the naked-eye
Comet NEOWISE rose above it in the middle of the night.
Just as a distant
lightning storm was occurring in the background.
Recognizing a rare opportunity, a determined astrophotographer
spent a sleepless night capturing
over 1400 images of this unusual
triple conjunction.
The featured image is among the best of them, with the foreground lit by the
Moon off to the right.
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is now
headed back to the outer
Solar System, destined to return only in about 6700
years.
Comet NEOWISE Images: July
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