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
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)
Very cool. Thanks for posting. Not everything here HAS to be about politics.
Nice image. Thank you.
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?
Hah! That’s the first thing I thought of when I saw the picture. Like instantly.
You bet. And after the 2+ year long butt ugly Democrat spectacle of lies, collusion and corruption, one can only take so much disgust.☺
I guess I’ll reveal my weak science knowledge, how does snow survive without an atmosphere?
See #6.
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???
Haven’t seen any except for the Direct TV..................No flags..............
Looks like 29 Palms MCB..........................I was stationed there in 1973..............
lol
but dragnet, that ain’t funny.
That made me wonder.....
Is throwing ice worse than throwing an ash tray and exclainminng FJB
May have just used stock footage from NASA.................
lol see my #37 reply. We think alike
Very cool
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