The dark skies over the US states of Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas were quite busy, as shown by this photograph featuring Comet Hale-Bopp . In the foreground is the Absaroka Mountain Range in Wyoming, lit by reflected moonlight. Just to the left of Jim Mountain' s peak is Comet Hale-Bopp . The unusual colors visible on the far right are aurora , remnants of the recent solar storm recorded on the Sun . Across the middle of the photo are numerous bright stars , and across the top of the picture are clouds .
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