Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (Encore)

Last evening I walked down to the shore of Lake Gaston in hopes of viewing and photographing the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet one more time before it disappears. I don’t believe I will be alive the next time it passes by the earth. This time I tried taking photos using my 150 to 600mm zoom lens to see how they would turn out. This was also partly due to my daughter Lisa telling me recently that she liked the photos I take with my “Big Lens”.

This was a lot more difficult than my earlier photo shoot of the comet because this time the comet was more faint and harder to pick out in the sky. I had to take several photos of the western sky before I finally pin-pointed its location. I actually believe that my previous photos came out better, but take a look and let me know what you think.

An airplane flying through the photo.
A meteor flying through the photo.

Published by Trail Rocker

I am a retired professional geologist who loves hiking, photography and travelling with my lovely wife Barbara.

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