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ONE CLEAR NIGHT in July , alumnus Qidong Lin ’ 17 captured the Comet NEOWISE soaring above our beloved “ spaceship ,” Geisel Library . Though 64 million miles away , the comet truly made for a once-in-alifetime shot , many lifetimes in fact — NEOWISE won ’ t return for 6,800 years . Who knows what our library will look like then …
Photo : Qidong Lin ’ 17 (@ Samsara _ lin )
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