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I flew this 1978 Skyhawk to the dark skies in the foothills of the Sierras; and photographed it beneath Comet NEOWISE, the brightest northern hemisphere Comet since 1997, also apparently caught a meteor/shooting star at the right.

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N738YC - Cessna 172N Skyhawk - Private

42 year old Skyhawk beneath the galaxy, shortly before I flew it back to Sacramento

Hongming Zheng N738YC
3,560 17 0 Cessna 172N Skyhawk

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N1920F - Cessna 172N Skyhawk - Private

I flew this 1979 Skyhawk to the dark skies in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas with some friends, and got photos of the Milky Way

Hongming Zheng N1920F
5,123 28 2 Cessna 172N Skyhawk
N54661 - Cessna 172M Skyhawk - Private

Above the right wing is a shooting star and a passing airplane

Hongming Zheng N54661
2,269 25 1 Cessna 172M Skyhawk
N738YC - Cessna 172N Skyhawk - Private

42 year old Skyhawk beneath the galaxy, shortly before I flew it back to Sacramento

Hongming Zheng N738YC
3,560 17 0 Cessna 172N Skyhawk

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N317AS - Boeing 737-990 - Alaska Airlines

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Hongming Zheng N317AS
1,879 63 3 Boeing 737-990
N824UA - Airbus A319-131 - United Airlines

On the ramp during a light snowstorm, with melted snow on the ground providing good reflection photo opportunity

Hongming Zheng N824UA
1,010 24 0 Airbus A319-131
PHSF - Airport - Airport Overview

Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted from Nov 27 till Dec 13, I landed in Kona late night of Dec 4, and drove straight to this viewing spot getting some midnight shots of the lava flow and volcano

Hongming Zheng PHSF
7,848 235 11 Airport

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Jul 16, 2020

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I flew this 1978 Skyhawk to the dark skies in the foothills of the Sierras; and photographed it beneath Comet NEOWISE, the brightest northern hemisphere Comet since 1997, also apparently caught a meteor/shooting star at the right.

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N738YC - Cessna 172N Skyhawk - Private

42 year old Skyhawk beneath the galaxy, shortly before I flew it back to Sacramento

Hongming Zheng N738YC
3,560 17 0 Cessna 172N Skyhawk
N1920F - Cessna 172N Skyhawk - Private

I flew this 1979 Skyhawk to the dark skies in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas with some friends, and got photos of the Milky Way

Hongming Zheng N1920F
5,123 28 2 Cessna 172N Skyhawk
N54661 - Cessna 172M Skyhawk - Private

Above the right wing is a shooting star and a passing airplane

Hongming Zheng N54661
2,269 25 1 Cessna 172M Skyhawk
N738YC - Cessna 172N Skyhawk - Private

42 year old Skyhawk beneath the galaxy, shortly before I flew it back to Sacramento

Hongming Zheng N738YC
3,560 17 0 Cessna 172N Skyhawk
N317AS - Boeing 737-990 - Alaska Airlines

2

Hongming Zheng N317AS
1,879 63 3 Boeing 737-990
N824UA - Airbus A319-131 - United Airlines

On the ramp during a light snowstorm, with melted snow on the ground providing good reflection photo opportunity

Hongming Zheng N824UA
1,010 24 0 Airbus A319-131
PHSF - Airport - Airport Overview

Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted from Nov 27 till Dec 13, I landed in Kona late night of Dec 4, and drove straight to this viewing spot getting some midnight shots of the lava flow and volcano

Hongming Zheng PHSF
7,848 235 11 Airport
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Zihao Wang ~ AHaoo
Zihao Wang ~ AHaoo

Perfect shot Ming! I'm going to capture this tonight I guess haha

Witold Salacinski
Witold Salacinski

Great shot :)

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HA-KLS

Great photo! I captured it too, a week ago in CO: https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9781066

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