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Just passing through
Comet
NEOWISE
photography by KATE LeCATES
This spring, NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-
field Survey Explorer mission detected a new
comet. Dubbed NEOWISE for the origin of its
discovery, it was visible during the month of
July and then disappeared, not to be seen
again for another 6,766 years. Kate LeCates
documented the rare sight in a 10-second
exposure from Fort Fisher on July 20, 2020.
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