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Title: Rosetta's closest comet flyby (pictures)
Post by: Psk 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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Post by: Psk on March 06, 2015, 12:06:24 PM: I just got some more pix from Rosetta.

Enjoy!
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The probe casts a shadow.
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Post by: Psk on April 16, 2015, 06:31:09 AM: Just got some more recent raw images, rather than processed images of the comet. I prefer to do my own processing with my own homemade software.

Enjoy!
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Post by: Psk on June 23, 2015, 05:30:48 PM: Here's some of the newest images of the Rosetta comet. Not quite as spectacular as those from the closest flyby, but interesting. As usual, I used my own methods of image processing with my own software of the raw images rather than rely on the pre-processed official press releases.

Scientists used to say that most comets are giant dirty snow & ice balls. But current data & images indicate they are more likely giant frozen mud balls.

Enjoy!
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Post by: Psk on June 25, 2015, 06:02:02 PM: I just cleaned up & sharpened the few true color Rosetta comet pictures around.

Enjoy!
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Post by: Psk on June 25, 2015, 06:05:11 PM: More color Rosetta comet pictures!
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Post by: Psk on June 25, 2015, 06:06:07 PM: More color Rosetta comet pictures!
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Post by: Psk on June 25, 2015, 06:14:09 PM: More Rosetta comet pictures!
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Post by: Psk on June 25, 2015, 06:16:43 PM: More color Rosetta comet pictures!
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Post by: Psk on July 11, 2015, 10:04:40 PM: More images released, including images of suspected "ice". But the ice could be water ice, CO2 ice, or methane/hydrocarbon ice.
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Post by: Psk on July 23, 2015, 11:53:21 AM: They released more comet images from the Rosetta space probe. A few of the releases look just like some previous ones except they were a little better resolution. This latest bunch were B&W images, that were tinted the approximate average shade as the same area is in the color images.

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Post by: Psk on August 04, 2015, 10:47:38 PM: They released more images of the comet from the Rosetta probe. Not as spectacular as previous big color images though. These were also enhanced by me to bring out more detail. They were B&W photos too. I tinted them the same color as these same areas were in the color photos.

#rosetta
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Post by: Psk on August 04, 2015, 10:55:48 PM: These comet images from the Rosetta probe were enhanced by me to bring out more detail. They were B&W images that I tinted the same color as the same area in the color photos are. So although the color is not real, it is close.
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Post by: Psk on August 14, 2015, 02:46:08 AM: More comet images from the Rossetta probe, including many new enhanced, true color images. Some of their older color images were just B&W images tinted the general color of the comet & not the true color of the whole comet. Also some of these were posted before, but not the true color versions, or were lower resolution & detail.

However the original color was weak & dull, so although these new color ones are the true colors, the color intensity was increased so the colors stand out more.

Enjoy!
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Post by: Psk on August 14, 2015, 02:51:00 AM: Some say the comet is duck-shaped. I don't see it. Maybe a dumbell or giant dinosaur bone. Can you imagine? A bone from a moon sized dinosaur?

Just kidding of course. As I said before, from what it appears to be made from, & it's orbit, it's more likely an asteroid knocked out of it's orbit from the asteroid belt rather than a true comet.
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Post by: Psk on August 14, 2015, 02:58:51 AM: This one was posted before as a B&W image, tinted yellow-brown like an old antique photo, to match the overall color of the comet. In this version, it's not tinted, but the real color of the comet.
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Post by: Psk on August 14, 2015, 02:59:35 AM: This image of the comet was posted before too, but this is the higher resolution color version.
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Post by: Psk on August 14, 2015, 03:15:17 AM: As it gets closer to the sun the comet vents more gasses, but no huge tail like a comet. A comet is usually mostly ices with some dirt mixed in. When it melts & evaporates, it leaves a huge tail. I see dirt, rocks, & mud with some ice. This is more like what you'd see if an asteroid got closer to the sun.
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Post by: Psk on October 07, 2015, 01:03:49 AM: Not nearly as fun as the previous color pix, here are the newest images of the comet from the Rosetta probe - - enhanced of course. No sense of posting them unless they're than cooler than the ones at the NASA site.
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