Stars like trees

“Not just beautiful, though - the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing.
And they're watching me.” 

Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

PanSTARRS Anti-Tail Grows
 Image Credit & Copyright: Joseph Brimacombe

Explanation: As planet Earth approached the plane of the Comet PanSTARRS (C/2011 L4) orbit on May 23rd, comet watchers were treated to this view of its magnificent anti-tail. The long, narrow anti-tail stretches to the right across this frame for nearly 4 degrees or about 8 times the angular size of the full Moon. Dust forming the anti-tail trails along the comet's orbit as it leaves the inner solar system behind.

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“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.” E.E. Cummings