Friday, March 23, 2007

Comet McNaught, late January 2007, Scarborough beach

Comet McNaught happened to be the brightest comet in the past 42 years...rather hard to observe though for it was very close to the horizon and the sun.
I still didn't find out if it was observable from the northern hemisphere, you guys might be able to enlighten me when I get back.
It's been visible for a few days between the 15th and 20th of January and was a delightful and enchanting show.
I found these 2 photos very interesting.
They both obviously are set on a long time of exposure.
The first one is a wide angle shot of the conjonction of the comet on the left hand side and Venus aand the moon on the right hand side.
Furthermore, if you enlarge the picture, you can distinctly see all the spectrum colors from dark red to dark indigo (bottom to the top).
I very much the second shot for it looks amazingly surreal...much more like some sort of drawing from elsewhere!
Both shots have been taken from Scarborough beach in Perth.
I felt very lucky and priviledged that night.



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