NEOWISE Comet over Arizona Desert

by Chance Kafka

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$299

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20.000 x 16.000 x 0.500 inches

Title

NEOWISE Comet over Arizona Desert

Artist

Chance Kafka

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Canvas

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The NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) comet is seen in the northwestern sky above the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona on a partly cloudy night as the crescent moon sets in the sky. Saguaro cacti, monarchs of the Sonoran Desert, dot this southwestern landscape beneath a magical night sky and stars.

NEOWISE is a comet with a super elliptical orbit that, like most comets, swings in from the way outer reaches of our solar system and passed near earth only every several thousand years. The summer of 2020 provided an opportunity to see this comet in the early morning and evening skies during July. Unfortunately, with it being monsoon season, it was impossible for me to find the right time to capture this celestial object as it was very cloudy every evening. So, I decided to paint it instead. This setting is somewhere to the east of urban Tucson - perhaps Sabino Canyon, or somewhere in the Tanque Verde Valley. Pusch Peak and Mount Kimball of the Pusch Ridge Wilderness are visible, as is part of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) constellation is visible. I hope you enjoy this painterly, impressionistic interpretation of the magical night sky over the Arizona desert - a once in a lifetime event portrayed on canvas.

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July 24th, 2020

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