It is totally awesome to see a comet from orbit. The perspective of rising through the atmosphere on edge is truly unique from our vantage point. The comet tail is still too dim to see with your eyes, but it is heading towards the sun and growing brighter every day.  This comet is known as C2023-A3 or Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. @dominickmatthew used math (go figure) and our orbital geometry to figure out where to point our cameras and was the first to get a good photo (xitter.cf/dominickmatthew/status…). Using Matthew’s technique, I will photograph every day to see what develops in the tail structure. Currently, there appears to be a forward directed “tail” that I am not certain is real or an artifact from shooting through 4 window panes. Time will tell if this structure brightens. Stay tuned. Nikon Z9, 200mm f2, 1/8th sec, ISO 25600, processed with Photoshop.

Wildfires from orbit. What first looked like bright street lighting really turned out to be wildfires in Australia. Taken today (Sunday September 9th) at 16:00 UT, these fires are in the North East region, the largest near Talaroo and the smaller one near Clermont. It’s amazing how bright the scalloped fire lines are from orbit. I hope these get under control soon.