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The following day, we drove to another field with an open view of the western sky to see it again, though its visibility was weakening. Around 8 p.m., we tried to get photos of the comet with each other in the frame, goofing around like a couple of kids, increasing the exposure time to gather as much light as possible. Our attempts were somewhat successful, though our bodies and faces are a bit grainy in the photographs. Still, that’s how we documented the event last week.

At 8:30 p.m., as we got in the truck to drive home, I looked up at the sky and said, “Goodbye, traveler. Thank you for the show.”

And that was that — so we thought.

“There may be another comet visible this week,” my husband said. “They are calling it the Halloween comet, and it may be as bright as Venus — unless it breaks up.”

I smiled, and these two old science nerds were suddenly filled with excitement again.