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Insane Close-Up View Of A Comets Cliffs From Rosetta Lander Images from space dont get more dramatic than this. ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM, processing by Stuart AtkinsonThe Cliffs of Churyumov-Gerasimenko 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. The orginal image, below, is a four-image mosaic made from images snapped by Rosettas navigation camera, taken from a distance of 20.1 km from the center of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 10 December. The image resolution is 1.71 m/pixel and the individual 1024 x 1024 frames measure 1.75 km across. The mosaic is slightly cropped and measures 2.9 x 2.6 km. ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM You can see more about this image on the Rosetta blog. See more of Stus great work on his website Cumbrian Sky and on Twitter. More from Universe Today: Successful Engine Test Enables SpaceX Falcon 9 Soar to Space Station in Jan. 2015 Universe Today’s Top 10 Space Stories of 2014 The Top 101 Astronomical Events to Watch for in 2015 NASA Video Shows Astronaut’s-Eye View of “Trial by Fire” from Inside Orion EFT-1 on First Test Flight NASA’s NuSTAR Scans the Sun with X-ray Vision This article originally appeared at Universe Today. Copyright 2014. Follow Universe Today on Twitter. SEE ALSO: Humans Just Got Our Closest Look At A Comet Yet — And Its Mind-Blowing SEE ALSO: The Water In Rosettas Comet Doesnt Match Water On Earth .
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 13:26:41 +0000

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