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Frank Schellenberg
Skyline Blvd, Santa Clara County (Silicon Valley), California, USA
07/09/2020
04:44 am

Equipment Details:

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS-100 on a tripod
8 sec exposure, f/4.6.

Post-processing Details:

Cropping and overall digital contrast enhancement in Preview on a Mac.

Image Details:

Drove up at 4 am from Palo Alto to Skyline Blvd above Silicon Valley (elevation ~2200 ft) to hunt for the comet. Easily identified in the clear dawn sky. The foreground is the southern part of San Francisco Bay, the bright lights are the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA.