"A bright comet in the sky is great for me since the universe is giving me a new and captivating way to inspire people as part of the experiences I offer at the observatory, " he said.

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As for me, I'll just shuffle off to my cabin in the sky and whistle a happy tune as I make up my own list.

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Nothing has prepared me for the view: a vast valley of black gravel sweeps into the distance under a sapphire sky.

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It was a pitch-perfect sky blue day when the driver arrived to chauffeur me around town in the 2012 Bentley Mulsanne for a full day of New York business on a Monday in August.

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