Credit & Copyright: Stephane Vetter  
(Nuits sacrees)  
   
Explanation:
If not distracted by the picturesque landscape, waterfalls, stars, and auroras,   
you might be able to find Comet PANSTARRS.  
  
The above image, capturing multiple terrestrial and   
celestial wonders in a single shot, was taken last week in southwest   
Iceland.  
  
The popular   
Gullfoss waterfalls   
are pictured under brilliant auroras that followed a M1-class   
solar flare and powerful   
Coronal Mass Ejection two days earlier.  
  
Give up on locating the comet?    
Comet PANSTARRS   
is faintly visible as a light blip   
just above   
the horizon toward the left of the   
above image.  
  
The comet remains more   
directly visible to northern observers with binoculars   
looking toward   
the western sky just after sunset.   
  
  
    
 Gallery:   
Comet PANNSTARS 
  
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