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noxii3101 t1_jdt6bac wrote

I always had it in my head that comets streaked by quickly. Hale-Bopp was clearly visible for months. I remember playing street hockey at a local church parking lot in the spring of 97 with that hanging in the night sky.. wild.

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FastWalkingShortGuy t1_jdtkdi9 wrote

A significant portion of my bike-riding-home-when-the-streetlights-came-on days were spent with a giant comet overhead.

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kayak_enjoyer t1_jdtyytj wrote

There was some comet recently where I took my kids and a few friends out to a high, dark spot. We spotted it, with our naked eyes!!

"Is it going fast?" my youngest child asked.

Hella fast. Screaming. Everything is always moving, but it's so far away it appears to be standing still.

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