Corey S PowellMar 15, 2024

This is the surface of a comet! Dust is swirling around the surface of Comet 67/P -- captured in 2016 by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft, processing by Jacint Roger Perez.

Still one of the most remarkable scenes in space exploration.

#space #science #astronomy #ESA

Show threadadingbatponder  ðŸ‘¾Mar 15, 2024
@coreyspowell Utterly incredible.. do you have a link to the source ?
Show threadCorey S PowellMar 15, 2024

@adingbatponder

The images in the animation come from the Rosetta-OSIRIS archive:

https://rosetta-osiris.eu/image/NAC_2016-06-01T17.20.51.005?gallery=custom&ipp=120&page=2&sort=startTime&seq=asc&target=67p,lutetia,steins,venus,earth,mars,jupiter,saturn,pluto,vesta,solar_system,stars&content=N,NC,NR,NS,NF,NL,NT,D,DM,DPT,DPC,DPA,DPF,DLS,DJ,DT,G,GC,GM,GVC,GCSC,GGC,GA,CB,CD,CF,CS1,CG,CL,CS2,CM,P,NA&camera=NAC,WAC&filterNAC=Far-UV,Near-UV,Blue,Green_NAC,Orange,Hydra,Red_NAC,Ortho,Near-IR,Fe2O3,IR&filterWAC=UV245,CS,UV295,OH,UV325,NH,UV375,CN,Green_WAC,NH2,Na,Vis610,Red_WAC,OI,Empty&maxImage=150&imgNr=132&dateStart=2016-05-31&dateEnd=2016-06-02&startLikes=0&endLikes=105&startViews=0&endViews=17715&targetDistanceFrom=&targetDistanceTo=

Show threadadingbatponder  ðŸ‘¾Mar 15, 2024
@coreyspowell Did you make the animation? Cool.
Show threadCorey S Powell

@adingbatponder

No, that was Jacint Perez (aka Landru79) who stitched the images together. He does wonderful work -- mostly shared over on the bird site, unfortunately.

Mar 15, 2024 at 9:24pmWeb
Show threadV MartínMar 15, 2024
@coreyspowell @adingbatponder he's here too @Landru79
Show threadMeercat ✅ 
Mar 16, 2024
@sharponlooker @coreyspowell @adingbatponder @Landru79 Thanks!