The one pic that exists is a radar image, taken over a year ago, probably during its previous (not very) close encounter with Earth. The reason it was even practical is that the rock is a quarter mile across. Tuesday will probably find us lousy with new pictures, including in the optical spectrum.
Thanks again LVD, here’s the simulation of the flyby:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/x/jdg/2005yu55/2005_YU55_approach_movie.gif
If the NASA channel was run like L.A. local news, we would already have “live team coverage” with a real time radar image on one side of the split screen and nonstop talking heads on the other.
Hope you’re right and that we are lousy with lots of pictures (and not be presented with lots of lousy pictures)
