Historical context

Photo: James Rushforth

Artnet News:

Early one June morning last year, British photographer James Rushforth captured something incredible: the comet NEOWISE streaking through the night sky above Stonehenge, itself lit up by the lights of a passing car.

To call this a once-in-a-lifetime shot would be underselling it. The last time NEOWISE passed by earth 6,800 years ago, Stonehenge didn’t yet exist.

Understandably, the image earned Rushforth a place on the shortlist for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, an annual event hosted by Royal Observatory Greenwich that showcases the best images of the cosmos taken from earth....

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