@centyone In a race against time, clouds and the setting sun, photographer Josh Dury captured this dramatic photograph of Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) at dusk on Jan. 15.

The comet is a rare visitor to our cosmic neighborhood, orbiting our sun every 160,000 years or so. It reached peak brilliance this week after surviving its closest approach to the sun — perihelion — passing within 8.7 million miles (14 million km) of our star on Jan. 13.

"This comet as it stands, is only possible to photograph during the glare of the sun," Josh Dury told Space.com. "Being near the apparent brightness of Venus makes it a possible target at dusk; after sundown."

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