Honorable Mention TIFA 2025 Nature / Astrophotography

Wonder If Hokusai Might Have Seen Any Comets

  • Photographer
    Taku Ono
  • Technical Info
    2.5 Seconds, Iso1600, F/5.6, Full Frame
  • Photo Date
    October 14, 2024

How would Hokusai have depicted a comet with Mt. Fuji? With that in mind, I spent a lot of time to find the best place to capture Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS falling over Mt. Fuji in Japan. And I was able to get this once-in-a-lifetime picture. Still I wish we could enjoy Hokusai's work featuring comets...

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