Green comet came closest to Earth and this is how it looked
The rare green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) came closest to Earth on February 1, flying as close as 40 million kilometers to Earth. Stargazers across the world captured the comet as it will next return after 50,000 years.
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A green comet named Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), which last passed by our planet about 50,000 years ago is seen from the Pico de las Nieves. (Photo: Reuters)
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The comet looked regal from Spain. (Photo: Reuters)
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A view of a screen shows the tracking of a green comet named Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) from the telescope of the Kryoneri observatory, in Kryoneri, Greece. (Photo: Reuters)
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A view of a green comet named Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), over Kryoneri, Greece. (Photo: Reuters)
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Amateur astronomers watch the green comet outside Omsk, Russia(Photo: Reuters)
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Comets are composed of a solid core of rock, ice and dust and are blanketed by a thin and gassy atmosphere of more ice and dust, called a coma. (Photo: Reuters)