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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.

1 posted on 12/16/2014 3:18:00 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Ansel Adamsish ?


2 posted on 12/16/2014 3:21:01 PM PST by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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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.

3 posted on 12/16/2014 3:27:25 PM PST by bubbacluck (America 180)
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To: BenLurkin

Masada

4 posted on 12/16/2014 3:28:42 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats have a lynch mob mentality. They always have.)
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To: BenLurkin
Not so scary when the gravity is maybe 0.0001 gee.

5 posted on 12/16/2014 3:33:56 PM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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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

6 posted on 12/16/2014 3:35:15 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks, BenLurkin. Interesting picture.


7 posted on 12/16/2014 3:37:02 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: al baby
I don't see any "Re-Elect Sheila Jackson Lee" signs.

Did some "bigot" photoshop them out?

8 posted on 12/16/2014 3:38:36 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: BenLurkin

Great picture!


9 posted on 12/16/2014 3:45:21 PM PST by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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>>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!


10 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)
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To: M Kehoe
I'd like to see some gold, and silver, and copper...

Nuthin'!

11 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)
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To: al baby

Yup!


12 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.)
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To: BenLurkin

Not what I expected to see. We need to redouble our efforts at space exploration.


13 posted on 12/16/2014 4:21:52 PM PST by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell.)
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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.


14 posted on 12/16/2014 4:45:08 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
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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.

15 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...)
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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.

16 posted on 12/17/2014 4:59:52 AM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...

Thanks BenLurkin, extra to APoD.


17 posted on 12/17/2014 6:12:57 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I’ve been there.

Masada, not the comet! LOL!


18 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.)
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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


19 posted on 12/17/2014 6:51:52 AM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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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


20 posted on 12/17/2014 7:03:24 AM PST by winodog
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