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Rosetta's closest comet flyby (pictures)
« on: February 18, 2015, 06:27:04 AM »
On Saturday, the Rosetta did its first low fly-by, getting within 3.7 miles of the surface of the comet, known as Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The images taken show a variety of landscapes on the surface of the comet.

During the close encounter, Rosetta took pix as well as samples from the lower atmosphere of the comet.

These clear images were processed by me using my own software & techniques from the raw images. They had to be compressed to fit our system here though.

Enjoy!

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