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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Sightings Across The World 7

Comet C/2023A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), a comet visible only once every 80,000 years has been spotted streaking across skies around the world.

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(1)Man bids to be 1st Japanese to cross Pacific in hot-air balloon

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Michio Kanda (R) poses with Naoki Ishikawa (L) in the city of Tochigi on Jan. 27 before beginning his bid to become the first Japanese to cross the Pacific in a hot-air balloon. Kanda, 54, an official of the town government of Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, plans to make the 8,000- to 9,000-kilometer trip to North America in about 60 hours.

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(2) Man bids to be 1st Japanese to cross Pacific in hot-air balloon

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Michio Kanda, accompanied by Naoki Ishikawa, sets off from the town of Tochigi on Jan. 27 to begin his bid to become the first Japanese to cross the Pacific in a hot-air balloon. ''I want to show the importance of having a dream,'' Kanda told reporters before boarding the Amanogawa (Milky Way) 2, which is 36 meters high and has a maximum diameter of 26 meters.

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Group on pole-to-pole trek arrives in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - A group of young adventurers on a pole-to-pole expedition arrives in Washington on July 17 after completing nearly one-third of their journey. The eight-member team comprises young adventurers from Canada, South Africa, South Korea, Britain, Japan, France, the United States and Argentina, journeying by foot, ski, bicycle and kayak. Naoki Ishikawa, a third-year student of Tokyo's Waseda University, is pictured 2nd from R.

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(1)Man bids to be 1st Japanese to cross Pacific in hot-air ballo

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Michio Kanda (R) poses with Naoki Ishikawa (L) in the city of Tochigi on Jan. 27 before beginning his bid to become the first Japanese to cross the Pacific in a hot-air balloon. Kanda, 54, an official of the town government of Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, plans to make the 8,000- to 9,000-kilometer trip to North America in about 60 hours. (Kyodo)

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(2) Man bids to be 1st Japanese to cross Pacific in hot-air ball

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Michio Kanda, accompanied by Naoki Ishikawa, sets off from the town of Tochigi on Jan. 27 to begin his bid to become the first Japanese to cross the Pacific in a hot-air balloon. ''I want to show the importance of having a dream,'' Kanda told reporters before boarding the Amanogawa (Milky Way) 2, which is 36 meters high and has a maximum diameter of 26 meters. (Kyodo)

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Group on pole-to-pole trek arrives in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - A group of young adventurers on a pole-to-pole expedition arrives in Washington on July 17 after completing nearly one-third of their journey. The eight-member team comprises young adventurers from Canada, South Africa, South Korea, Britain, Japan, France, the United States and Argentina, journeying by foot, ski, bicycle and kayak. Naoki Ishikawa, a third-year student of Tokyo's Waseda University, is pictured 2nd from R.