If you happen to constantly miss comet NEOWISE as it crosses our sky all month, worry not: NASA astronaut Bob Behnken took hundreds of photos of the epic event from the very best view possible, the International Space Station (ISS). Graphic artist Seán Doran then did us all a favor by downloading each image from the NASA archive and creating an amazing time-lapse video.
The 7-minute 4K production is, to put it simply, extraordinary. As the ISS moves about 5 miles per second, the Earth rotates towards sunrise—an epic sight in its own right. About halfway through the video, the sun makes an appearance in conjunction with the comet rising until daylight takes over the screen. Have you ever seen anything cooler?
If you do still want to catch the event in real life, you've got until tomorrow, which is when, according to NASA, the comet is expected to make its closest approach to Earth. Or you can just sit back, relax and wait about 6,800 for it to return near our planet. What's a few thousand years, after all?
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