{"id":14341,"date":"2025-07-22T21:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T21:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/14341\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T21:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T21:21:11","slug":"stunning-twilight-photo-captures-comet-bidding-farewell-to-earth-for-80000-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/14341\/","title":{"rendered":"Stunning twilight photo captures comet bidding farewell to Earth for 80,000 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.65%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6FyvksrdjNb6FUKFBFTjz.jpg\" alt=\"a streak of white light hangs in a starry night sky above the silhouette of a tree\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6FyvksrdjNb6FUKFBFTjz.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6FyvksrdjNb6FUKFBFTjz.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Miguel Claro)<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miguelclaro.com\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.miguelclaro.com\/wp\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Miguel Claro<\/a> is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night sky. As a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miguelclaro.com\/wp\/?page_id=4461\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.miguelclaro.com\/wp\/?page_id=4461\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">European <\/a><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miguelclaro.com\/wp\/?page_id=4461\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.miguelclaro.com\/wp\/?page_id=4461\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Southern Observatory Photo Ambassador<\/a> and member of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/twanight.org\/newTWAN\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"http:\/\/twanight.org\/newTWAN\/index.asp\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The World At Night<\/a> and the official astrophotographer of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.darkskyalqueva.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.darkskyalqueva.com\/en\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve<\/a>, he specializes in astronomical &#8220;Skyscapes&#8221; that connect both Earth and the night sky.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, at the end of summer, we had a vibrant comet visiting the northern skies, so I took this opportunity to capture a few images over the course of several nights.<\/p>\n<p>On the final night, I caught the comet in a time lapse showing <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/comet-c2023-a3-tsuchinshan-atlas-photos\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/comet-c2023-a3-tsuchinshan-atlas-photos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">C\/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas<\/a> flying across the background starry skies of Dark Sky Alqueva territory in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>It was visible during a moonless winter night, which revealed both the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/19915-milky-way-galaxy.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/19915-milky-way-galaxy.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milky Way<\/a> and the comet as it bid farewell to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Earth<\/a> for the next 80,000 years.<\/p>\n<p>Fine art prints<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:30.88%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NHCHuNjBW5g9BjDkQsxhbb.jpg\" alt=\"three colorful images of the sun, a wispy cloud of gas in space, and a meteor shower, all in picture frames\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NHCHuNjBW5g9BjDkQsxhbb.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NHCHuNjBW5g9BjDkQsxhbb.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Miguel Claro)<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy it as much as I do, and if you want to support my work as an independent artist, you can buy one of my images as a print and a piece of art or a wall decor for your sweet home! Explore the size options and different types available on my <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/miguel-claro-prints.myshopify.com\/collections\/special-christmas-collection\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/miguel-claro-prints.myshopify.com\/collections\/special-christmas-collection\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Print gallery<\/a>. Meanwhile, you can sign-up my <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/miguel-claro-prints.myshopify.com\/pages\/email-signup\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/miguel-claro-prints.myshopify.com\/pages\/email-signup\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">newsletter<\/a> to get early access of future releases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image credit: Miguel Claro) Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,128,285],"class_list":["post-14341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}