This photo was taken by Wayne Harney on July 16 at 11:30 p.m. near Sparks Lake on Century Drive in Bend. NEOWISE is a three-mile-wide celestial comet visible in Central Oregon since mid-July. It will take 6,800 years to orbit the sun. It has a bright trail of illuminated dust and another trail of ions. When it comes close to the sun, the heat evaporates the comet's ice. Chunks of dust and rocks fly behind, reflecting the sun's light. - WAYNE HARNEY
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