It might be hard to make out in the first photo, but Comet NEOWISE is in the right upper center of this image between the building and the flag pole on the bow of the riverboat. This image is from Old Sacramento State Historic Park in Sacramento, California. The riverboat in the foreground is the Delta King, which acts as a floating hotel and is permanently moored at its dock. The building in this image is on the other side of the Sacramento River in West Sacramento.
Bob took these photos on the evening of July 17, 2020. In the first photo the lights on the riverboat were so bright that it produced a sharp contrast with the night sky where the comet was. To reduce the contrast he used a graduated neutral density filter to tone down the riverboat lights.
The second photo is a zoom-in showing the comet and its position relative to the building in the first photo.
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