Nathanial Bradford This once-in-a-lifetime photo was captured in Cornwall, U.K., at 3:16 a.m. on July 16. In the foreground, the Deep Space Communications antenna at Goonhilly Earth Station points directly at the night sky. NEOWISE can be glimpsed catching the sunlight to the left of the antenna, and the International Space Station makes a cameo as it zooms through the sky in the right side of the photo.
James Marvin Phelps Here, the NEOWISE comet plummets in the night sky above Lake Mead National Recreation Area, in Nevada, U.S. Captured at 3:51 a.m. on July 7, the comet’s fiery presence creates an almost alien landscape with the ruddy, barren rocks and still waters.
Šime Barešić In this partial panorama, NEOWISE is seen streaming past a smorgasbord of stars. One side of the Milky Way arches along the right half of the photo, with NEOWISE seeming to arch along with it on the left. Even a meteor was captured toward the top right. This photo was taken at Lake Štikada in Croatia, on July 19.
NASA The International Space Station was able to see NEOWISE from a unique vantage point above Earth. At 8:40 p.m. GMT on July 5, the comet was seen here just before sunrise. From this angle, one can see Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan, in the center of the photo, stretching across the curve of the planet.
Adam Kumiszcza A lonely sailboat sitting on calm water might have been the main character of this photograph, until one peeks toward the upper right. NEOWISE made a shy appearance here in Rewa, Poland, at 11:23 p.m. on July 17.
