Wow what a sight!! You don’t quite understand the awesomeness of this comet until you have actually seen it! We went on quite a road trip trying to track this little thing down as we realized we were on the wrong side of Table Mountain for good viewing! We even ended the evening with a speed trap to make a great ending to the little road trip. Nevertheless it made quite an impact on most of the spectators standing along the traffic jammed road at the top of Kloof neck not to mention those waiting in kilometer’s queue from signal hill’s vantage point! The traffic officers actually closed the road to stop motorists from entering!The funniest bit was to come as we reached the top of Kloof neck and in unison all of us except Ultra-Lord screamed with excitement as we saw the brightest little comet with what seemed to have a curved tail..??? …mmm.. what? Last time we checked it had a straight tail… it turned out we spotted the sliver of the moon with a star next to it and had mistaken it for the comet to which Ultra-Lord commented ” What you guys thought that was the comet … I wondered why you all got over excited!?” He had seen the true comet and although it was definitely something to be excited about it was not nearly as bright as the moon! We all then jumped out to join the masses of people standing on cliff’s edge of the mountain overlooking Camps Bay. It was amazing to see such a great turnout and to think that there still are many people in Cape Town who make an effort to view something that only our great and awesome God could have created!

I moved away from our crowd and found a slightly more solitary spot where I could just sit back and gaze at this piece of God’s creation and it made me realize how greatly designed our planet is and how perfect everything is in order for it to exist… okay I am getting all sentimental and soppy I will stop… but yes it was a time where I just admired what we have been given on this earth and how perfectly designed creation is.

Okay now get into your car and take the time to drive to Camps Bay to see this comet before it’s gone (provided you stay in Cape Town that is) Or if you lucky to be in the Southern Hemisphere.

The best time to view the comet in our opinion from Camps Bay side is between 20:45 – 21:15, it got brighter from 21:00. We left at about 21:15 in order to miss the major traffic jams… yes you have to think practically even when there is a comet which you may not ever have the opportunity of seeing again is around… that’s life!

Who knows maybe we will be seeing many more lights in the sky in the very near future…