Comet NEOWISE Rises Over Adriatic Sea, Captured in 30‑Minute Time‑Lapse

On July 8th, 2026, Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) rose before dawn over the Adriatic Sea, a rare event visible to the unaided eye. A photographer recorded the ascent with a time‑lapse video that stitches together 240 images taken over 30 minutes, showing the comet’s bright nucleus—about five kilometres across—breaking through a foreground of noctilucent clouds. The comet’s ion and dust tails were clearly visible, and NEOWISE remained unexpectedly bright for more than a month. The APOD archive, now moving from apod. nasa. gov to science. nasa. gov/apod, will host the video and accompanying data, making the material more accessible to both professional and amateur astronomers.