Amazing photos of Comet NEOWISE from the Earth and space (original) (raw)

An unprocessed image from the WISPR instrument on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe shows Comet NEOWISE on July 5, 2020, shortly after its closest approach to the sun. The sun is out of frame to the left. The small black structure near the lower left of the image is caused by a grain of dust resting on the imager’s lens.

(Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Lab/Parker Solar Probe/Brendan Gallagher)

Comet NEOWISE beamed into view this summer, glowing bright enough for skywatchers to spot it with the naked eye under dark skies. Skywatchers, spacecraft and even astronauts at the International Space Station have captured incredible photos of the icy wanderer. Click through this gallery to see images of the comet captured from Earth and space.

Here: An unprocessed image from NASA's Parker Solar Probe shows Comet NEOWISE on July 5, 2020, shortly after its closest approach to the sun.

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