Comet Neowise

2020, what a year it has been. Many things have slowed us all down this year and made us rethink what it is we really are doing. The month of July did not fall short of being one of those months to reflect once again. One thing we are reminded of daily is that Mother Nature is an incredible living, breathing, powerful thing, especially to put up with some of our despiteful human ways. Timing is alway key in nature, as well as in life. We can learn a lot from our surrounding environment; if we are opened to learning that is.

For the first time in 4500 years, Comet Neowise entered our solar system. As everyone is going through hard times in their own ways, the comet was surely a good distraction to remind us again that we are so small in this big world. What looked to be moving so slowly through our night sky was actually moving at about 40 miles per second, 144,000 MPH to put it into perspective for ya. If this comet were to collide with another planet, life could be a possibility because of the amount of frozen water Neowise is carrying. According to NASA, it is carrying roughly 13 million Olympic swimming pools worth of frozen water! To witness this foreign object was unbelievable.

When we first read about Neowise we immediately jumped on our bikes and rode to the nearest, low-light polluted place we could find. We read somewhere to find the comet, you first must find the Big Dipper (pictured above) and follow it down the ladle all the way until you see a streaky tail-faded light leading to the head of an out of the ordinary object, Comet Neowise. Once you spot it, you don't want to take your eyes off of it. In awe, we just took it all in while trying to comprehend what it was we were looking at exactly. We could not get over it. We were looking at something that would not be seen for another 6500 years once it travelled through our galaxy. 6500 years! Year 8820 will be the year of its return. Until then, we will just enjoy the pictures + time lapse videos we were lucky enough to capture of our mysterious night sky.

Stay wild Pak friends!

Peace + Love

xx,

The Pak