Photographer captures Comet Lemmon from Egyptian desert, beneath the darkest skies on Earth

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) has in a short time grow to be probably the most talked-about stargazing highlights of 2025.

This week, it has been at its finest, main many comet-chasers to take away themselves to dark-sky websites away from mild air pollution, within the hope of seeing it by means of their binoculars, telescopes, and even with the bare eye.

As with all comets, pictures exhibit the fantastic thing about its fuzzy nucleus and lengthy tail a lot better than the bare eye can see.

One photographer who actually pushed the boat out to seize Comet Lemmon is Osama Fathi, who photographed it from one in every of Earth’s darkest areas

Fathi, who posts a lot of his pictures by way of his Instagram deal with @osama.fathi.nsw, captured a picture of C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) between the constellations Ursa Major and Boötes from the Fayoum Desert, Egypt.

Also seen within the picture is shiny star Arcturus.

The picture was captured simply after sundown at about 19:30 native time.

“The comet’s delicate blue tail rises from the horizon of Egypt’s Fayoum Desert, blending with the fading twilight,” Fathi says.

“That evening close to the silent cliffs of Qatrani Mountain, the air was nonetheless apart from the mushy whisper of desert wind brushing throughout the sands.

“We had come there with one function – to chase the sunshine of a traveler from deep area: comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon).
Just after sundown, the comet appeared low on the horizon, suspended between Ursa Major, the Great Bear, and Boötes, the Watcher of the North.

“Its tail shimmered faintly within the Egyptian twilight, a mushy, ethereal brushstroke above the traditional desert.

“The location itself feels timeless: Qatrani Mountain is one in every of Egypt’s richest fossil websites, the place the traces of early people and prehistoric creatures lie beside remnants of Greco-Roman temples.

“We went there particularly that evening to {photograph} two comets, one in every of them being Lemmon.

“Using three lenses – 24mm, 135mm and250 mm – we captured totally different views of its passage.

“The picture combines 20 stacked exposures (30 seconds every), fastidiously processed to protect the pure color of the sky and the spirit of the desert evening.

“It was a night where time seemed to slow — only the wind, the foxes, and the faint light of a comet crossing the heavens.”

Capture data

• Equipment: Nikon Z6 modified digicam, Nikkor 14–24mm f/2.8 lens
• Ezposure: ISO 1600, 20×30s exposures stacked
• Date and time: 18 October 2025, 19:30 native time

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