"Green Comet Over Mesquite Flat " Limited Run of 20

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) in Death Valley National Park "Green Comet Over Mesquite Flat" was taken in Death Valley National Park in the sandy expanse of the Mesquite Flat Sand dunes. The last time this comet showed up was tens of thousands of years ago. Scientists think it won't come back for another 50,000 years. They think it might not ever come back. We could be the last humans to look up and see this hunk of ice hurtling through the sky. When I first heard the Green Comet was heading towards us, I knew I had to try and photograph it. However, nothing about this was easy. First, I live in Chicago. This was taken in January. If you didn't know, there aren't a lot of clear skies in the midwest during the winter. Where I live is also flooded with light pollution - look up and you may be lucky to see a dozen stars. But as I investigated places to get away from the lights - Pictured Rocks, Rocky Mountain NP, even Alaska; all of them had cloudy forecasts. Death Valley was the only place I