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Stunning Photos From Lost Spacecraft Show The Surface Of A Comet
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Posted on 10/05/2018 10:51:31 AM PDT by 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


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KEYWORDS: comet67p; esa; rosetta; space; trollthoughtworddeed
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To: rdl6989
Agree, or the Sierras. And the image below appears it could be the high desert areas of CA. But it's the surface of Mars. One of my favorite.

On May 19th, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th martian day, or sol. Spirit was commanded to stay awake briefly after sending that sol's data to the Mars Odyssey orbiter just before sunset. The image is a false color composite, showing the sky similar to what a human would see, but with the colors slightly exaggerated. (NASA/JPL/Texas A&M/Cornell)

Another favorite!

Clouds above the rim of "Endurance Crater" in this image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. These clouds occur in a region of strong vertical shear. The cloud particles (ice in this martian case) fall out, and get dragged along away from the location where they originally condensed, forming characteristic streamers. Opportunity took this picture with its navigation camera during the rover's 269th martian day (Oct. 26, 2004). (NASA/JPL)

21 posted on 10/05/2018 11:13:31 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Very cool. Thanks for posting. Not everything here HAS to be about politics.


22 posted on 10/05/2018 11:15:51 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (I hate modern life)
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To: dragnet2; SunkenCiv

Nice image. Thank you.


23 posted on 10/05/2018 11:16:11 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
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To: dragnet2

Can someone point out where Bruce Willis’s team is in the photo? They are supposed to be drilling into the comet somewhere, no?

That human zit like point? Is that Ben Affleck?


24 posted on 10/05/2018 11:16:46 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Vote GOP this November. Take two friends to vote with you!)
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To: teeman8r

Hah! That’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the picture. Like instantly.


25 posted on 10/05/2018 11:17:22 AM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
Very cool. Thanks for posting. Not everything here HAS to be about politics.

You bet. And after the 2+ year long butt ugly Democrat spectacle of lies, collusion and corruption, one can only take so much disgust.☺

26 posted on 10/05/2018 11:22:59 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: BenLurkin

I guess I’ll reveal my weak science knowledge, how does snow survive without an atmosphere?


27 posted on 10/05/2018 11:28:29 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

See #6.


28 posted on 10/05/2018 11:29:34 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Red Badger
I don’t see the American flag, though....................

Speaking of which, has anyone noticed, in the TV advertisements for The First Man, the shot of the American flag on the moon next to the Eagle? Maybe they caved to pressure???

29 posted on 10/05/2018 11:29:57 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Capitalists sign their checks on the front. Socialists sign theirs on the back.)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

Haven’t seen any except for the Direct TV..................No flags..............


30 posted on 10/05/2018 11:37:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Q............PREPARE FOR 'SKY IS FALLING' WEereEK...........................)
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To: dragnet2

Looks like 29 Palms MCB..........................I was stationed there in 1973..............


31 posted on 10/05/2018 11:38:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Q............PREPARE FOR 'SKY IS FALLING' WEereEK...........................)
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To: teeman8r

lol


32 posted on 10/05/2018 11:40:11 AM PDT by Pelham (California, how mass immigration transforms America into Obamaland)
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To: dragnet2

but dragnet, that ain’t funny.


33 posted on 10/05/2018 11:42:51 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Red Badger

It was at the end of this TV spot.

https://youtu.be/2a_49vWBySg


34 posted on 10/05/2018 11:43:49 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Capitalists sign their checks on the front. Socialists sign theirs on the back.)
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To: tet68

That made me wonder.....

Is throwing ice worse than throwing an ash tray and exclainminng FJB


35 posted on 10/05/2018 11:47:38 AM PDT by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Muller..... conspiracy to over throw the government)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

May have just used stock footage from NASA.................


36 posted on 10/05/2018 11:49:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Q............PREPARE FOR 'SKY IS FALLING' WEEK...........................)
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To: All
Hold your wallets tight. Every single time NASA wants more money (as if they don't have enough already) they grab the picture of the day to get you all to swoon.

Does anyone realize that we could end hunger and homelessness right now and today if NASA would give a damn about this planet and our people?

They only care about other planets that they may or may not be lying about.

Hey! Why aren't there any stars on that pic of them on the moon? Such bad graphic artists in those days.
37 posted on 10/05/2018 11:51:12 AM PDT by ssfromla
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To: Red Badger

lol see my #37 reply. We think alike


38 posted on 10/05/2018 11:54:23 AM PDT by ssfromla
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To: dragnet2

Very cool


39 posted on 10/05/2018 1:08:49 PM PDT by dixjea
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To: teeman8r

40 posted on 10/05/2018 1:10:45 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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