Close Up Photo of an Actual Comet
Yesterday, when the Rosetta spacecraft was a mere 234 kilometers (145 miles) from the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (or just ChuGer) it took this amazing image with its navigational camera...
Mind you, the main OSIRIS camera has more resolution than the NAVCAM, so we'll be getting better pictures soon. And of course, Rosetta is still on the approach!
UPDATE: A second close up photograph:
Like what you see? Follow Us and Add Us as a Preferred Source on Google.
Trending Now
Employee realizes how miserable they are in their current role after being appointed temporarily to another team: 'I wasn't waking up dreading the day [anymore]'
01
Guy lends struggling cousin $1,100, cousin uses it to mock him at a family function, so he reverses the payment: '[I let] the bank finish the conversation’
02
34-year-old aunt asks sister to stop bringing her 4 and 6-year-old kids to apartment unannounced: 'You work from home, you're always there anyway'
03
New supervisor costs company $1.5 million: '40,000 catalogues... are the wrong size'
04
Entitled 30-year-old expects independent little sister to let them move in rent-free after quitting a stable job and squandering their savings on a flopped business endeavor; sister refuses: 'I worked hard for my stability'
05