Stunning Photos From Lost Spacecraft Show The Surface Of A Comet

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[dragnet2]

The Rosetta spacecraft may have crashed in 2016, but it still has secrets to share. The European Space Agency (ESA) recently released breathtaking images that the craft took in 2014 as it orbited just 16 miles above the surface of Comet 67P. The image was put together by amateur astronomer Jacint Roger Perez using three separate photos taken by Rosetta during the flyby.

Comet 67P is approximately 2.7 by 2.5 miles at its longest and widest dimensions, and is made up of 26 unique regions, each named after an Egyptian deity. The photo captures four regions of the comet. According to the ESA, the center and left section of the photo are part of a geological region known as Seth, while the "background reveals hints of the Babi and Aker regions." The cliff face in the bottom left-hand portion of the photo is a 440-foot "scarp separating the Seth and Hapi regions."

A flyby done in 2015 found that the cliff had collapsed as the comet moved closer to the sun. In 2016, it was decided that Rosetta would be crashed into the surface of the comet, ending its 12-year mission.

Photo: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team

[dragnet2]

I thought this was an impressive image. For those who might not have seen this yet...

[teeman8r]

notice the decline in the size of the glaciers as man’s negative impact takes its toll.

[Williams]

Wow

[scouter]

Thanks for sharing that. It is stunning.

[Fido969]

Did it “orbit” 16 miles above the comet, or merely fly by?

[dragnet2]

I think what you’re seeing is not all ice material, but sunlight striking the comets surface, overexposing those regions.

[tet68]

No, that is just the remnants of the ice Kavanaugh threw
back in 1982.

[Red Badger]

Yes, The Rosetta SUV did all that.....................

[rdl6989]

It looks like it could be in the Himalayas somewhere.

[Brilliant]

So I guess the idea of setting up a ski resort is out then.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Wow.

[FirstFlaBn]

It’s Superman’s Fortress of Solitude.

[Karliner]

Very cool pic however flat earthers deny such pseudo-science fakery

Thank God it's not the Hale-Bopp. Said comet is directly related to aliens implanting DNA strands that has created the overthrow of life as we know it via Nike shoes. I've shared this with Hollywood actors and Michael Moore and they're 100% certain this is settled science.

[farming pharmer]

Thanks for the post.

[bubbacluck]

Pretty good work from the sound stage in Hollywood. /s

[Gator113]

Amazing .

[Red Badger]

IT orbited for a wile....................

[Red Badger]

I don’t see the American flag, though....................

[Moonman62]

Comet 67P is approximately 2.7 by 2.5 miles at its longest and widest dimensions,

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A person would weigh a lot less there.

[BenLurkin]

You wouldn’t want to be marooned there.