Visitor over the San Francisco Volcanic Field
Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) rises above the moonlit landscape of the San Francisco Volcanic Field in northern Arizona, USA. Several cinder cones can be seen rising above the horizon with Sunset Crater on the far right side. In the foreground, ponderosa snags are all that remain of the forest that used to stand here before the Schultz Fire of 2010.
The comet came into view after surviving a close approach to the sun and captivated early risers in early July 2020.
8 July 2020 • 3:40 AM MST/1040 GMT
Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 lens
f/4, 2 sec. x 5, ISO 12,800
Stack of 5 exposures aligned in Adobe Photoshop to reduce noise.