As anybody would notice, if they live in a place that provides the appropriate view, the sun rises and sets in a different location from day to day. I have watched this cycle play out from the same home location for nearly thirty years. Combined with that my back porch view of late spring to early summer sunsets includes a communication tower that is, according to Google Earth's ruler tool, five kilometers away. I've always had the vision of capturing a sunset with the sun framing the tower. For the past month or so it has rained less than usual and clear sunny days have been common. I had been watching the sunset move along the horizon from the farthest north on the day of the Solstice to a point where I thought I may have a chance to capture the photo I wanted. Here is the result of a bit of luck and some perseverance. The tower is five km from my house. The contrail is from PIT which is about 69 km away. The Sun is about 151.8...
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I woke up at about 3:30 this morning and looked out the window to see stars. Comet NEOWISE or officially C/2020 F3 is visible now so I decided to try to get a picture. It took a while to find the comet so I first took a picture of Mars, then Venus. At about 5:00am I walked up the road in order to get a better view of the eastern horizon. I had to quietly creep into my neighbors yard in order not to wake up his dog. It was then that I spotted a dim streak to the northeast. With my tamron 150-600 I was able to get a few different views. Here they are. C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) Comet with some horizon Comet over my house. Mars Venus Wide shot of NEOWISE