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All photos taken by and © Bruce G. Marcot.
Comet Hyakutake, March 1996.
Hyakutake
had a strikingly long and narrow tail, as seen in this image. The
glare in the photo is the residual zodiacal light, as this was taken after
sunset. Photographed in the Oregon Coast Range.
Computer
enhanced image of the coma and tail.
This
image shows the comet largely as it looked to the unaided eye ... with
a single long, thin, fairly faint tail, and relatively bright head.
Comet Hale-Bopp, 1997.
A
lonely traveller in the depths of space.
At
its glory. This nicely shows the brighter dust tail and the fainter
bluish ion tail.
Above
image that I computer-corrected for elongation of star trails due to time
lapse.
Computer
enhanced image of the coma and tails.
A
cold Oregon winter evening. Also see: http://www.sipe.com/halebopp/gallery/406.htm
Two
strange entities in the sky -- Comet Hale-Bopp and a trail of airplane
lights.
A
few minutes later, another friend wadered by ... yet another set of airplane
lights.
One
of my personal favorites. I took this on a cold blustery night in
a conifer forest on an isolated mountain peak in the Oregon Coast Range
with my friends Art and K2. I'll never forget that night.
Another
computer enhanced image of the coma and tail.