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A Stunning Look at the Cliffs of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
universetoday.com ^
| on December 16, 2014
| Nancy Atkinson
Posted on 12/16/2014 3:18:00 PM PST by BenLurkin
Images from space don’t get more dramatic than this. Image processing wizard Stuart Atkinson zoomed in on one of the most intriguing views yet of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, highlighting the contrasts of dark and light, smooth and rugged, soft contours and frighteningly vertical cliffs.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.esa.int ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: churyumovgerasimenko; comet; comet67p; cometphoto; comets; philae; rosetta
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The Cliffs of Churyumov-Gerasimenko: an enhanced and procosessed crop of an image from Rosetta’s navcam.
Credits: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM, processing by Stuart Atkinson.
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posted on
12/16/2014 3:18:00 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/16/2014 3:21:01 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi MomÂ…)
To: BenLurkin
That almost looks alien!
I continue to be blown away by the fact that we can take such detailed photos of a comet from 20km away.
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posted on
12/16/2014 3:27:25 PM PST
by
bubbacluck
(America 180)
To: BenLurkin
Masada
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posted on
12/16/2014 3:28:42 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Democrats have a lynch mob mentality. They always have.)
To: BenLurkin
Not so scary when the gravity is maybe 0.0001 gee.
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posted on
12/16/2014 3:33:56 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: BenLurkin
Good evening.
Does NASA know what the comet is made of?
I'd like to see some gold, and silver, and copper...
Thanks.
5.56mm
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posted on
12/16/2014 3:35:15 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: BenLurkin
Thanks, BenLurkin. Interesting picture.
To: al baby
I don't see any "Re-Elect Sheila Jackson Lee" signs.
Did some "bigot" photoshop them out?
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/16/2014 3:45:21 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
To: Calvin Locke
>>I don’t see any “Re-Elect Sheila Jackson Lee” signs.
Did some “bigot” photoshop them out?<<
You have to look closely. They are right next to the American Flag the Apollo astronauts planted!
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posted on
12/16/2014 3:56:05 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
To: M Kehoe
I'd like to see some gold, and silver, and copper...
Nuthin'!
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posted on
12/16/2014 3:57:44 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(AGW: Settled Science? If so, there would only be one model and it would agree with measurements)
To: al baby
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posted on
12/16/2014 4:14:05 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Not what I expected to see. We need to redouble our efforts at space exploration.
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posted on
12/16/2014 4:21:52 PM PST
by
HMS Surprise
(Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell.)
To: BenLurkin
I assume the subject photo and its sisters were taken as the probe approached and not after landing. That said, I’d be curious to know how tall is the cliff in the image you posted. Unless I missed something, the blog post does not indicate any distance figures. It is a remarkable photo. For me the “gravity” of it is still sinking in.
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posted on
12/16/2014 4:45:08 PM PST
by
Fester Chugabrew
(Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
To: BitWielder1
Not so scary when the gravity is maybe 0.0001 gee. They claim the gravity of 67P is 1.5mm/second/second compared to Earth's 9.8 meters /second/second.
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posted on
12/16/2014 11:05:49 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
To: Swordmaker
It's interesting how long I had to search before I found any numbers at all.
I would have thought such details would be interesting to most science readers.
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posted on
12/17/2014 4:59:52 AM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
Thanks BenLurkin, extra to APoD.
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posted on
12/17/2014 6:12:57 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
To: ClearCase_guy
I’ve been there.
Masada, not the comet! LOL!
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posted on
12/17/2014 6:19:27 AM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: BitWielder1
Yeah, someone could literally jump from the bottom of the cliff to the top.
...And if you didn’t have any way to stop, you’d probably just keep on going. lol
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posted on
12/17/2014 6:51:52 AM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: BitWielder1
But that is enough gravity to hold all the rock and even sand together as it flies through outer space at thousands of miles an hour with no atmosphere?
Awesome
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posted on
12/17/2014 7:03:24 AM PST
by
winodog
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