It was the Emerald of the Nile.

With 3I/ATLAS slated to fly by Earth in little over a week, high-tech space telescopes and astronomers alike are scrambling to catch our interstellar visitor on camera.

Fortunately, an amateur photographer has managed to snap a close-up — a gorgeous pic of the interstellar anomaly glowing green over the Egyptian desert.

3I/ATLAS streaks across the sky in this pic taken in Egypt’s Black Desert. “In that still, beautiful scene, 3I/ATLAS appeared in the field of view: a faint visitor from another star system, crossing our sky once in a lifetime while the desert slept,” Fathi exclaimed. Osama Fathi â Night Sky Watcher

“From the heart of Egypt’s Black Desert, where volcanic hills rise like silent sentinels and acacia trees stand alone against the night, an o

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