Perth: beach, fireworks, comet and lightning

Taken by Antti Kemppainen. "On January 26, people from Perth, Australia gathered on a local beach to watch a sky light up with delights near and far. Nearby, fireworks exploded as part of Australia Day celebrations. On the far right, lightning from a thunderstorm flashed in the distance. Near the image center, though, seen through clouds, was the most unusual sight of all: Comet McNaught." (collection of astronomical images: antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070205.html )
posted by hazy on Monday, August 13, 2007 - link to this photo

2 Comments

Tue, August 14, 2007 - 4:47 PM
Thanks for posting this - way cool !!!
Sun, September 16, 2007 - 7:14 PM
Superb pic. wow. And a comet too...damn!

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