The comet made its closest approach to Earth on Thursday (July 23), when it was a mere 64 million miles away – take a look through some of the Sussex snaps below.
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Dennis Hunt sent in this photo, taken from the Old Toll Bridge in Shoreham, with the memorial to the victims of the Shoreham Airshow disaster in the foreground
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Blake Britton took this photo in Goring
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Colin Mitchell took this photo of the comet in Bishopstone, looking towards Newhaven
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Rosa Woodrow sent in this photo, taken on Butser Hill, Petersfield