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WELCOME TO A COMET (High Resolution Image)
ESA ^ | November 12, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 11/13/2014 2:35:37 AM PST by lbryce


HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE

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Title Welcome to a comet
Released 13/11/2014 10:39 am
Copyright ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA Description
Rosetta’s lander Philae is safely on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as these first two CIVA images confirm. One of the lander’s three feet can be seen in the foreground. The image is a two-image mosaic.
The full panoramicfrom CIVA will be delivered in this afternoon’s press briefing at 13:00 GMT/14:00 CET.

(Excerpt) Read more at esa.int ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: churyumovgerasimenko; comet; comet67p; landingoncomet; nasa; philae; rosetta
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1 posted on 11/13/2014 2:35:37 AM PST by lbryce
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To: lbryce

Should’a been OUR lander and camera


2 posted on 11/13/2014 2:38:13 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: lbryce

Cooooool...


3 posted on 11/13/2014 2:43:18 AM PST by DemforBush (A Repo Man is always intense.)
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To: All
gif of spacecraft approach to comet.


4 posted on 11/13/2014 2:44:18 AM PST by lbryce (Obama:Misbegotten, Godforsaken Offspring of Satan and Medusa.)
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To: knarf

Oh, I think the expenditure and effort expended by NASA in highlighting Islam’s role in Science and Technology was a much better use for the money than landing a probe on a silly comet./s


5 posted on 11/13/2014 2:46:41 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: SunkenCiv
Hello, FRiend!
6 posted on 11/13/2014 2:47:39 AM PST by lbryce (Obama:Misbegotten, Godforsaken Offspring of Satan and Medusa.)
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To: Darksheare; NoCmpromiz; Tax-chick; NicknamedBob; no-to-illegals; Monkey Face

Did we put the red carpet out?
We have guests. ...PING!


7 posted on 11/13/2014 2:51:10 AM PST by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day. Barry is counter revolutionary ,Denounce him!)
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To: lbryce

We have the mooseSlimes to thank, that we didn’t have the resources to do this ourselves!


8 posted on 11/13/2014 2:52:35 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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9 posted on 11/13/2014 2:52:36 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: lbryce
At top center is clearly the face of an alien carved like the Easter Island statues. /s

But seriously, there appear to be crystals and rock structures.

Very interesting.

10 posted on 11/13/2014 2:56:36 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim ("Your apathy is their power." - Sarah Palin Jul 19, 2014)
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To: eCSMaster

Im before the Helen Thomas picture.


11 posted on 11/13/2014 3:03:14 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: lbryce

Looks like a good place for Obama’s library


12 posted on 11/13/2014 3:06:07 AM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: eCSMaster

Looks like petrified TreeBeard.


13 posted on 11/13/2014 3:07:01 AM PST by Big Giant Head
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Super High Dimension Video


14 posted on 11/13/2014 3:07:12 AM PST by lbryce (Obama:Misbegotten, Godforsaken Offspring of Satan and Medusa.)
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To: lbryce
Low resolution image


15 posted on 11/13/2014 3:15:12 AM PST by xp38
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To: Berlin_Freeper; ixtl

LOL! Comet (((ping)))


16 posted on 11/13/2014 3:23:33 AM PST by Envisioning (My desire to be well informed is at odds with my desire to remain sane....)
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To: SunkenCiv

FYI....!


17 posted on 11/13/2014 3:30:14 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave (The democ"RAT"ic party preys on the ignorant..!)
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To: Organic Panic
Ya just HAD to mention it, didn't you? I hope I ruin your breakfast. It'll teach you.


18 posted on 11/13/2014 3:34:40 AM PST by submarinerswife (Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
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To: lbryce

Looks like Tim Wakefield has found new work.


19 posted on 11/13/2014 3:35:32 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: eCSMaster
At top center is clearly the face of an alien carved like the Easter Island statues. /s

No, no, look, the shadows are all wrong. I perspective is phony. Definitely filmed in a back lot a Pinewood Studios.

20 posted on 11/13/2014 3:38:06 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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