The view from Easter Island, despite fighting light pollution near town, clouds, a fading comet AND some weird gastro-intestinal bug that has nearly everyone in my group sick!

Photo Details: Canon 20D, 24mm lens, f/2, 10s at ISO800.

The 23rd was no where near as speccy as the 22nd. Still the cows and sheep enjoyed the show, or rather watching me enjoy the show! Clouds rolled in as the evening ended.

Photo details: Nikon D70 @ ISO 1000

The clouds cleared for an hour or so, for the first time in the past week. Two minute exposure on 100iso film produced obvious trailing effect, but allowed for some sky detail.

The comet was beautiful and the moonlight lit up the landscape perfectly

Comet McNaught's tail shifting with the stars during a 20 minute exposure from the Snowy Mountains.

After 2 weeks of clouds finally an open sky. The comets magnitude is rising fast but it was still visible with the eye.

Photo details: Canon EOS 400D, ISO 400, f=2.8, 30s exposure

Comet McNaught as seen from southern Australia.

Thanks to the exclusive participant contributions on SpaceWeather.com, I was able to look for and find this incredible Tail towering over 30 degrees in the sky. A truely memorable sight that I almost missed. Who would have believed that this exceptional Tail would be so visible well over an hour after sunset with the Coma and normal tail never even able to be seen from this northern latitude.

Simply put... an awesome sight!!!

Photo details: Canon EOS-20D, 50mm lens, 25sec exp f/2.8 ISO 1600. Image is composed of 10 separate photos stitched together (2 rows of 5)

Photo details: Nikon D200, Nikkor 12 - 24 mm lens, f/4, 400 ISO, 30 seconds

The comet is still beautiful!

Photo details: Canon A510, 15 sec, ISO 200, f/2.6, 35mm lens

While still a spectacular object, glare from the moon is beginning to affect the view of McNaught.

Photo details: Nikon D70, 18-70mm lens, @ 18mm, f3.5. 144 second exposure guided (piggyback) on a 6 inch catadioptric telescope.