Comet McNaught

I read about this comet just today in the Seattle Times in a brief article that said it would be visible just after sunset, but close to the horizen. So… I drove to Sunset Park in Ballard (Seattle) which overlooks Puget Sound looking west for a terrific view across the water to the silhouetted Olympic Mountains. The temperature was 28 degrees and dropping, and it was breezy, yet dozens of people arrived at this tiny park to have a chance to see a comet. All that I talked with had never seen a comet before.

Then three things occurred at a glacial pace: the sky darkened; the comet emerged; and my fingers froze. I snapped a few photos and was happy to get back to the heater in the van!

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